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 thru the perilous fight,
O`er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket`s red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through 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?
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war`s desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav`n 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 our motto be: `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!