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 Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
 What so proudly we hailed as the twilight's last read more 
 Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
 What so proudly we hailed as the twilight's last gleaming?
  Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight
   O'er the ramplarts 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? 
 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. 
 Nail to the mast her holy flag,
 Set every threadbare sail,
  And give her to the God read more 
 Nail to the mast her holy flag,
 Set every threadbare sail,
  And give her to the God of storms,
   The lightning and the gale. 
 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. 
 Under spreading ensigns moving nigh, in slow
 But firm battalion.  
 Under spreading ensigns moving nigh, in slow
 But firm battalion. 
 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. 
 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. 
 Flag of the free heart's hope and home!
 By angel hands to valour given,
  Thy stars have read more 
 Flag of the free heart's hope and home!
 By angel hands to valour given,
  Thy stars have lit the welkin dome;
   And all thy hues were born in heaven.