The Star-Spangled Banner Original
The Star-Spangled Banner
O say, can you see,
by the dawn's early light,
what so proudly we hail'd
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 rockets' red glare,
the bombs bursting in air,
gave proof through the night
that our flag was still there!
O say,
does that Star-Spangled Banner
yet wave,
O'er
The Land of The Free
& The Home of The Brave?
Francis Scott Key, Septem Originally an ode to the symbols of American freedom and heroism, entitled "Defence of Fort M'Henry," to be sung to the tune of "Anacreon in Heaven," this piece of patriotic poetry was first sung in October by a Baltimore actor who called it "The Star-Spangled Banner." The words on this sheet and its backside reveal Our National Anthem in its earliest form, with no changes of Key's first draft in word or spelling. Yes, ours is called "The Land of The Free." But how can we all be free without The Truth of Natural Hygiene in every home, the knowledge of freedom from disease and suffering readily available? And ours is called "The Home of The Brave." But why bravely suffer in disease when we can all be free of it, boldly reaching out to others with The Truth? Dear God! And Dear GetWell Friends! Let us courageously serve one another with "Health Truth for All!"
