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 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, does it ever, when free men shall stand Between their loved homes and the war's desolation, Bless with victory and peace, may the dead rescue them, Praise the power that hath made, and preserve our salvation. In combat we pass with a cause that is just, When peace 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.
