Title says it all.
God Bless America, and the rest of the free world.
Enjoy!
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As is my gift every Independence Day, following find The Star Spangled Banner with my original second verse, not posted here in a commercial context for sale [thus compliant with HFB rules], or with any other permissions granted by me, the sole copyright holder, to anyone. Made available exclusively here only for review and personal enjoyment of the reader.
The Star Spangled Banner, © 2014 (v. 2) by Bernhard Christian Helgason.
All Rights Reserved. Placed here by permission. For review purposes only.
{bernmeister is the legal alias for Bernhard Christian Helgason}
{in the public domain: original lyrics by Francis Scott Key, originally titled Defence of Fort McHenry; The Library of Congress estimates October 19 of that year, 1814, is when it was first renamed The Star Spangled Banner. The tune is based on an old British drinking song, The Anacreontic Song (To Anacreon in Heaven), credited to John Stafford Smith, 1778.}
O 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 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
So say the brave free, our great flag flies with might,
Stars ‘n stripes speak most loud, U. S. A. has liberty!
Recall then God’s great gift
was this rev’rent blest night.
Tho’ McHenry most bombed,
the Fort’s distressed armory.
But Brit shells were denied,
we now trumpet with pride,
Our prayers had been heard
God’s Own Hand on our side!
Yay proclaim the Star-Spangled Banner still waves,
Unfurl’d Old Glory be, freedom’s Author so saves!
God Bless America, and the rest of the free world.
Enjoy!
*************************************************************************
As is my gift every Independence Day, following find The Star Spangled Banner with my original second verse, not posted here in a commercial context for sale [thus compliant with HFB rules], or with any other permissions granted by me, the sole copyright holder, to anyone. Made available exclusively here only for review and personal enjoyment of the reader.
The Star Spangled Banner, © 2014 (v. 2) by Bernhard Christian Helgason.
All Rights Reserved. Placed here by permission. For review purposes only.
{bernmeister is the legal alias for Bernhard Christian Helgason}
{in the public domain: original lyrics by Francis Scott Key, originally titled Defence of Fort McHenry; The Library of Congress estimates October 19 of that year, 1814, is when it was first renamed The Star Spangled Banner. The tune is based on an old British drinking song, The Anacreontic Song (To Anacreon in Heaven), credited to John Stafford Smith, 1778.}
O 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 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
So say the brave free, our great flag flies with might,
Stars ‘n stripes speak most loud, U. S. A. has liberty!
Recall then God’s great gift
was this rev’rent blest night.
Tho’ McHenry most bombed,
the Fort’s distressed armory.
But Brit shells were denied,
we now trumpet with pride,
Our prayers had been heard
God’s Own Hand on our side!
Yay proclaim the Star-Spangled Banner still waves,
Unfurl’d Old Glory be, freedom’s Author so saves!
