O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave. No refuge could save the hireling and slaveįrom the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,Īnd the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave Their blood has wash’d out their foul footstep’s pollution. That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusionĪ home and a Country should leave us no more? 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 - O long may it wave
MEANING OF AMERICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM LYRICS FULL
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? 'Lift Every Voice and Sing', the so-called national anthem of blacks, was written by 20th century novelist/poet/singer James Weldon Johnson as a cry for perseverance and social justice. Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes, 6 hours ago Black national anthem lyrics meaning. On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep Composed by Francis Scott Key, In Defense of Fort McHenry in September 1814. O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave? O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there, Australians all let us rejoice, For we are one and free We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil Our home is girt by sea Our land abounds in nature’s gifts Of beauty rich and rare In history’s page, let every stage Advance Australia Fair. Time to end these segregationis the tactics and join together for the sake of our exceptional country. O’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly streaming?Īnd the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air, America has a national anthem struck during a war for independence just like the civil war when hundreds of thousands died and secured freedom for those brought from Africa. Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming, O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light, Friederich, the music is played as it would have been heard in 1854. The fort had withstood nearly twenty-five hours of bombardment by the British fleet, which was now forced to retreat by the damage its ships had. On the morning of September 14, 1814, a new flag was raised over Fort McHenry, the pentagonal structure overlooking Baltimore Harbour in Maryland. This 19th century version (MP3) of the Star-Spangled Banner was performed on original instruments from the National Museum of American History's collection. The origins and meaning of a national anthem. Shortly afterward, two Baltimore newspapers published it, and by mid-October it had appeared in at least seventeen other papers in cities up and down the East Coast. A local printer issued the new song as a broadside. Back in Baltimore, he completed the four verses (PDF) and copied them onto a sheet of paper, probably making more than one copy.
Inspired by the sight of the American flag flying over Fort McHenry the morning after the bombardment, he scribbled the initial verse of his song on the back of a letter. Francis Scott Key was a gifted amateur poet.