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Uncover when the flag goes by, boys,
'Tis freedom's starry banner that you greet,
Flag fames in read more
Uncover when the flag goes by, boys,
'Tis freedom's starry banner that you greet,
Flag fames in song and story
Long may it wave, old glory
The flag that has never known defeat.
"A song for our banner?"--The watchword recall
Which gave the Republic her station;
"United we stand--divided we read more
"A song for our banner?"--The watchword recall
Which gave the Republic her station;
"United we stand--divided we fall!"
It made and preserves us a nation!
A moth-eaten rag on a worm-eaten pole,
It does not look likely to stir a man's soul.
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A moth-eaten rag on a worm-eaten pole,
It does not look likely to stir a man's soul.
'Tis the deeds that were done 'neath the moth-eaten rag,
When the pole was a staff, and the rag was a flag.
Under spreading ensigns moving nigh, in slow
But firm battalion.
Under spreading ensigns moving nigh, in slow
But firm battalion.
Oh! say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last read more
Oh! say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose stripes and bright stars, thro' 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!
When Freedom from her mountain height
Unfurled her standard to the air,
She tore the azure robe read more
When Freedom from her mountain height
Unfurled her standard to the air,
She tore the azure robe of night,
And set the stars of glory there.
Under the sooty flag of Acheron,
Harpies and Hydras.
Under the sooty flag of Acheron,
Harpies and Hydras.
If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on
the spot.
If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on
the spot.
