land of the free and home of the brave lyrics

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!Īnd where is that band who so vauntingly swore 'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave In full glory reflected now shines in the stream: Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,Īs it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? 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 rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?

Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light He wrote it after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry. The lyrics are from the poem, The Defence of Fort McHenry (1814), written by lawyer and amateur poet, Francis Scott Key. Star Spangled Banner is the national anthem of the United States of America.

Land of the free and home of the brave lyrics