What are the lyrics to all the verses of the star spangled banner?
I wasn't even aware that there were four verses until recently. A guy on the bachelorette was made fun of for not knowing how to sing the first verse correctly, so i googled it. I could probably make it through the whole first verse, but it's definitely one of those things that i'm used to singing along to without really thinking about. Church stuff is in this same category. If i tried to say all the prayers by myself it would be a sad state of affairs.
"Oh, 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 thru 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.
Oh, 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 through 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 in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh 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 washed 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!
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall 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!"
by francis scott key- 1814
Next time you're in a situation where you're singing this song, you can impress everyone by belting out the extra three verses.
3 comments:
would belting out the three extra verses really impress people? or just make the person look like a tool?
I think it's funny how much you use the word tool. Maybe it's a new york thing because i rarely hear people in boston say it (unless they're really talking about a tool). You're right though- if you sang all four verses to me, i'd think you were loser.
I LOVE the word tool! It's awesome. I agree Evil, if someone knew the other 3 verses, I wouldn't be impressed and might think they were a tool.
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