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 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. 
 The imperial ensign; which, full high advanced,
 Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind.  
 The imperial ensign; which, full high advanced,
 Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind. 
 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. 
 Hats off!
 Along the street there comes
  A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums,
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 Hats off!
 Along the street there comes
  A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums,
   A flash of color beneath the sky:
    Hats off!
     The flag is passing by. 
 Bastard Freedom waves
 Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.  
 Bastard Freedom waves
 Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves. 
 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? 
 Under spreading ensigns moving nigh, in slow
 But firm battalion.  
 Under spreading ensigns moving nigh, in slow
 But firm battalion. 
 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.