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 ?