Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-11
Favorite Songs
THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER

AJh1 IA OF OALD IN En-
Oh, say can you see, by the dawn.
early light,
What so proudly we hailed at ths
twilight's last cleaning?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars
through the perilous fight,
Ger the ramparts we watched, were
so calamity streaming?
And the rockets red glare. the bombs
bursting in air.
Gave proof through the night that ouI
flag was still there.
oh. say, does that Star ~Spangled Ban
ner yet wave
Ger the land of the free and the home
of the brave?
On the shore dimly seen through the
mist of the deep
Where the foes naughty host in dread
silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze DER the
towering steep
AS il fitfully blows, half conceals, half
d~iscloses?
Now it catches the CLEAN of the morn
ing's first beam
In full glory reflected now shines on
the stream:
'Tis the Star %Spangled Banner, oh. long
may II wave.
Ger the land of the free and the
home of the raw
And where is that band who so vaunt-
insly swore
That the havoc of war and the bat
ties confusion
A home n a country should leave us
no more?
Their blood has washed out their foul
footsteps pollution.
No refuge could ave the hireltng and
slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom
of the grave.
And the Star ~Spangled Banner in tri-
umph doth wave.
Ger the land of the free n the home
of the brave.
oh, thus be ii ever when freemen shall
stand
Between their loved homes and a
wars d~esolation:
Blest with victory and peace, may the
heaVen-rescued Ian
Praise the power hat hath made and
preserved us a nation,
Then conquer we must, when our cause
II is just,
And this be our motto: I'm God IS our
trust"
And the Star Spangled Banner in tri-
umph shall wave
Der the and OF the free and the home
of the brave.
is frequently omitted in printing h
song, but 1t is in the original. NJ. 9.
1t is a sad commentary on Americans
as a whole, that so few of us know the
of our national anthem. AS June
ii is Flag day." this seems an appro-
pirate time to bring the long to mind.
Francis Scott Key wrote the words
he was being detained by Lord
commander of the British
fleet. during the attack on Fort Nc
Henry in September 1914.
Key had gone out under a flag of
truce, hoping to secure the release of
his friend. DR.. Beanes, who had been
taken prisoner by the British. The
of DIR. Reanes was granted.
However. as Lord Cockburn had com
pleted his plans for an attack on The
fort. and feared that news of this might
be given. he decided TO detain both key
and the doctor until after the attack.
After ~ hours of bombs bursting in
there came a lull in the firing.
looking towards the fort (which Lord
.ockburn had predicted would surren-
der in a few hoursl Key was so in
spired by the sight of u flag still
there. that he gave expression
to his joy in the words Of the song.
The words were first published Sep
u, 1914. in the Baltimore
American. As they fitted a tune al
ready familiar, they became popular at
Dnce.
Francis Scott Key died in Baltimore
January IL, 1S43.
An announcement has been made re-
,ently by the federal government that,
In response to a request from citizens
Df Baltimore, a plot Of ground has I'm