Ted Nugent - Star Spangled Banner lyrics
[Ted Nugent - Star Spangled Banner lyrics]
O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hail'd at
The twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars
Thro' the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watch'd
Were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare
The bombs bursting in air
Gave proof thro' 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?
On the shore dimly seen thro'
The mists of the deep
Where the foe's haughty host
In dread silence reposes
What is that which the breeze
O'er the towering steep
As it fitfully blows, half conceals
Half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of
The morning's first beam
In full glory reflected
Now shines on the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner: O
Long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and
The home of the brave!
And where is that band
Who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war
And the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash'd out
Their foul footsteps' pollution
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or
The gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in
Triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and
The home of the brave
O thus be it ever when free-men shall stand
Between their lov'd home and
The war's desolation
Blest with vict'ry and peace
May the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made
And preserv'd 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!
What so proudly we hail'd at
The twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars
Thro' the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watch'd
Were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare
The bombs bursting in air
Gave proof thro' 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?
On the shore dimly seen thro'
The mists of the deep
Where the foe's haughty host
In dread silence reposes
What is that which the breeze
O'er the towering steep
As it fitfully blows, half conceals
Half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of
The morning's first beam
In full glory reflected
Now shines on the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner: O
Long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and
The home of the brave!
And where is that band
Who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war
And the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash'd out
Their foul footsteps' pollution
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or
The gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in
Triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and
The home of the brave
O thus be it ever when free-men shall stand
Between their lov'd home and
The war's desolation
Blest with vict'ry and peace
May the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made
And preserv'd 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!