April 10th, 2012 
HostRocket Oh, say can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines on the stream:
‘Tis the star-spangled banner! O long may it wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wiped out their foul footstep’s pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war’s desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: “In God is our trust.”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
There’s NOTHING better then the original!!!
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PLAY BALL!!!
Good Job Liz -(Standing Ovation)
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Beautiful!
GO AMERICA! We will prevail.
as it should be
Hon, you so right nothing better than the original.
I’m afraid that this issue will all but divide America even more…
1) Interestingly enough the tune to the Star Spangled Banner was To Anacrenon in Heaven, and old English drinking song.
2) At the time of the writing of the Star Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key was in partnership with Roger Tanney. Tanney later became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. His claim to fame was he wrote the courts opinion in “The Dred Scott Decision”.
3) Although written in 1814, it was not until 1931 that the Star Spangled Banner was adopted as our National Anthem.
Is there any other?
Shouldn’t you sing that with pride when you become a citizen of this country? OH YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT, THEY’RE NOT AMERICAN CITIZENS!!!!
well that is the Star Spangle Banner by Scott Key
As beautiful now as when it was written!
PLAY BALL!!!
Good Job Liz -(Standing Ovation)
GOD BLESS AMERICA!!! MY HOME SWEET HOME!!!!!!!!!
well said!
You said it best there is nothing better than the original
What are you trying to say?
THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THE ORIGINAL!