Author: Francis Scott Key Hymnal: National Jubilee Melodies #4 (1916) First Line: O! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light Lyrics: 1 O! 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 thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there;
Chorus:
'Tis the star-spangled banner, O! long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
2 On the shore, dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep,
Where the foes' haughty host in dead silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shined on the stream; [Chorus)
3 O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and war's desolation;
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the pow'r that has 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." [Chorus] Topics: National and Reform Languages: English Tune Title: [O! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light]
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