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Text:Oh, Say! Can You See
Alterer:Francis S. Key
Tune:STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
Composer:Unknown

180. Oh, Say! Can You See

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 watch'd were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through 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?

Text Information
First Line: Oh, say! can you see by the dawn's early light
Title: Oh, Say! Can You See
Alterer: Francis S. Key (1814)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1962
Topic: Love For Country
Tune Information
Name: STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
Composer: Unknown
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Arr. by Ginn and Company , from "The First Grade Book" of Our Singing World series



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