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THE NATIONAL ANTHEM:
The Star-Spangled Banner
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, thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched,
were so gallantly streaming.
And the rockets red glare,
bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof to the night,
that our flag was still there.
Oh, say, does that star-spangled
banner yet wave,
O'er the land of the free
and the home of the brave?
On the shore dimly seen,
thro' the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What
is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it
catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full
glory reflected, now shines on the stream;
'Tis the star-spangled banner: oh, long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
And where is that band who
so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and
a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash'd out their foul footstep's pollution.
No refuge could
save the hireling and slave
From the terror
of flight or the gloom of the grave,
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Oh, thus
be it ever when free men shall stand,
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation;
Blest
with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Power that has made and preserved us as a nation.
Then
conquer we must, when our cause is just,
And this
be our motto: "In God is our trust";
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
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This land is your land, this land is my
land
As I was walking a ribbon of highway
This land is your land, this land is my
land
I've roamed and rambled and I've followed
my footsteps
This land is your land, this land is my
land
The sun comes shining as I was strolling
This land is your land, this land is my
land
As I was walkin' - I saw a
sign there
This land is your land, this land is my
land
In the squares of the city - In the shadow
of the steeple
This land is your land, this land is my
land
This land is your land, this land is my
land
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