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The Star Spangled Banner.... verses never sung at the ball game

Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by windcatcher, Mar 1, 2010.

  1. windcatcher

    windcatcher New Member

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    ...or school events:

    THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER

    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 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!

    On the shore, dimly seen thro' 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, half conceals, half 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; oh, 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 washed out their foul footsteps' 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 doth wave,
    O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave!
    .................................................. .by Francis Scott Key
     
  2. Palatka51

    Palatka51 New Member

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    .......... Stupidity at its finest ......... Time for a second cup of home brewed Colombian Blend.
     
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  3. Jerome

    Jerome Well-Known Member
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    It's We stand on guard for thee.
     
  4. sag38

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    .......... Stupidity at its finest ......... Time for a second cup of home brewed Colombian Blend.

    I guess I'm dense. What are you saying?
     
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