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 galliantly streaming?
--Then 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?
O thus be it ever when free men shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation.
Blessed with victory and peace
May this Heaven-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!
