The Star Spangled Banner -
Francis Scott Key
Oh! say,
can you see by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd
at the twilight's last gleaming!
Whose broad stripes and bright
stars thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd
were so gallantly streaming,
And the rockets' red glare,
the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night
that our flag was still there.
Oh! say, does that star-spangled
banner yet wave,
O'er the land of the free,
and the home of the brave!
[First of four verses]
Lyrics by Francis Scott Key
Melody, Ralph Tomlinson