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
Thro' 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 hos
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 in 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 was washed out
Their foul footstep's 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 free men shall stand
Between their loved homes
And the war's desolation
Blest with vict'ry and peace
May the Heav'n rescued land
Praise the Pow'r 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 shall wave
O'er the land of the free
And the home of the brave