Children's Hymnal ‎#210

210. The Star-spangled Banner

1 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 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.
Oh, say, does that Star-spangled Banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

2 On the shore, dimly seen through 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!

3 Oh, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and war's desolation;
Blessed with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land
Praise the Power 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!"
And the Star-spangled Banner im triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Text Information

• First Line: Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light
• Title: The Star-spangled Banner
• Author: Francis Scott Key
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1957
• Topic: Songs Suitable for Primary; Songs Suitable for Juniors; Patriotic

Tune Information

• Name: [Oh, say, can you see]
• Composer: John Stafford Smith
• Key: B♭ Major