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 Ay, here her tattered ensign down!
 Long has it waved on high,
  And many an eye has read more 
 Ay, here her tattered ensign down!
 Long has it waved on high,
  And many an eye has danced to see
   That banner in the sky. 
 What is the flag of England? Ye have but my breath to dare,
 Ye have but my waves to read more 
 What is the flag of England? Ye have but my breath to dare,
 Ye have but my waves to conquer. Go forth, for it is there. 
 United States, your banner wears
 Two emblems--one of fame;
  Alas! the other that it bears
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 United States, your banner wears
 Two emblems--one of fame;
  Alas! the other that it bears
   Reminds us of your shame.
    Your banner's constellation types
     White freedom with its stars,
      But what's the meaning of the stripes?
       They mean your negroes' scars. 
 Your flag and my flag,
 And how it flies today
  In your land and my land
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 Your flag and my flag,
 And how it flies today
  In your land and my land
   And half a world away!
    Rose-red and blood-red
     The stripes forever gleam;
      Snow-white and soul-white--
       The good forefathers' dream;
        Sky-blue and true-blue, with stars to gleam aright--
         The gloried guidon of the day, a shelter through the night. 
 This is the song of the wind as it came,
 Tossing the flags of the Nations to flame.  
 This is the song of the wind as it came,
 Tossing the flags of the Nations to flame. 
 England! Whence came each glowing hue
 That hints your flag of meteor light,--
  The streaming red, the read more 
 England! Whence came each glowing hue
 That hints your flag of meteor light,--
  The streaming red, the deeper blue,
   Crossed with the moonbeams' pearly white?
    The blood, the bruise--the blue, the red--
     Let Asia's groaning millions speak;
      The white it tells of colour fled
       From starving Erin's pallid cheek. 
The flag of our Union forever!
The flag of our Union forever!
 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.