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 Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen stall stand
 Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
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 Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen stall stand
 Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
  Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
   Praise the Power 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. 
 Ye mariners of England!
 That guard our native seas;
  Whose flag has braved a thousand years,
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 Ye mariners of England!
 That guard our native seas;
  Whose flag has braved a thousand years,
   The battle and the breeze! 
 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. 
 Fling out, fling out, with cheer and shout,
 To all the winds of Our Country's Banner!
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 Fling out, fling out, with cheer and shout,
 To all the winds of Our Country's Banner!
  Be every bar, and every star,
   Displayed in full and glorious manner!
    Blow, zephyrs, blow, keep the dear ensign flying!
     Blow, zephyrs, sweetly mournful, sighing, sighing, sighing! 
 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. 
 "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! 
 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.