Text:National Anthem
Author:Francis Scott Key
Tune:THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
Composer:John Stafford Smith

2. National Anthem

Text Information
First Line: O say can you see, by the dawn's early light
Title: National Anthem
Author: Francis Scott Key (1814)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1918
Notes: three (out of for) verses from the author's MS. now at Baltimore
Tune Information
Name: THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
Composer: John Stafford Smith (c. 1778)



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