Story Behind the Song
The Star Spangled Banner is a tribute to all of those soldiers who have taken a vow to lay down their lives for their country and for freedom. We salute you...and this song is dedicated to you.
Lyrics
The Star Spangled Banner
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Written by Francis Scott Key
Arranged by John Redmon
O say can you see,
By the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed,
At the twilight's last gleaming.
Whose broad stripes and bright stars,
Through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts 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.
O say does that star-spangled banner Yet wave
O'er the land of the free
And the home of the brave?
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