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 , through the perilous fight ,
O'er the ramparts we watched , were so gallantly streaming ?
And the rockets' 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 ?
