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 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. 
 "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! 
The flag of our Union forever!
The flag of our Union forever!
 Bastard Freedom waves
 Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.  
 Bastard Freedom waves
 Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves. 
 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. 
 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. 
 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. 
 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?