lyrics for the star spangled banner song

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Oh, say does that star spangled banner yet wave, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?Īnd the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro the perilous fight, Oer the ramparts we we watched were so gallantly streaming And the rockets red glare, the. Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early light,

The song has been recorded in a lower key (A flat) to make it easier to sing and to show it can be done the Young Peoples Chorus sings along with Hap Palmer. The lofty words to “The Star-Spangled Banner” end with, “Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave / O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?” But the original lyrics were not quite so elevated, ending with, “And besides I’ll instruct you like me to entwine, the Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus’s Vine”.This song is available on Hap Palmer's Holiday Songs & Rhythms.īecause of the tremendous range, our National Anthem is, unfortunately, a very difficult song to sing, so be patient with your class. The club was named after the Greek poet Anacreon, who is remembered for his drinking songs and odes to love. This was the official song for a London gentlemen’s club called the Anacreontic Society. It was originally the tune for a song called “The Anacreontic Song”. The tune that most people today recognize from America’s national anthem began its life in London.

The Tune to the National Anthem…a Drinking Song? O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved homes and the war's. So, a lot of people know that Francis Scott Key wrote the words to the national anthem, but the majority of people don’t know where the tune came from. And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave While the land of the free is the home of the brave. Related: Learn all about traditional Thanksgiving foods! Om nom nom!

Lyrics for the star spangled banner song