what, no "CHRISTINA AGUILERA DIDNT KNOW THE WORDS" thread??
- Thread starter Grapes Of Wrath
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How about we bring up the fact its only one verse out of four! Not many people seem to know (or care) that the national anthem actually consists of four separate verses. See below. The first verse in the last sentence is asking the question:
"O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?"
Its meant to be "Oh say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave over the land of the free and the home of the brave?"
But people take it as "Oh look at that star-spangled banner yet waving over the land of the free and the home of the brave!"
This misconception I think is why it goes unnoticed and really to me people should realize how important the second half really is, Ya I know you all going to say "It would be too damn long if they sang the whole thing" Then my responds is when it was written it represented the pride in our country and for all the things they fought for *cough* freedom in particular, this warrents the respect to it and our flag. im sorry so many have forgotten it and have become so complacent as to complain of the lenght of our national anthem.
Full National Anthem
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, thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, 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 and the home of the brave?
On the shore dimly seen through 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: O, 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 washed out their foul footsteps' 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.
O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand,
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it 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!
"O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?"
Its meant to be "Oh say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave over the land of the free and the home of the brave?"
But people take it as "Oh look at that star-spangled banner yet waving over the land of the free and the home of the brave!"
This misconception I think is why it goes unnoticed and really to me people should realize how important the second half really is, Ya I know you all going to say "It would be too damn long if they sang the whole thing" Then my responds is when it was written it represented the pride in our country and for all the things they fought for *cough* freedom in particular, this warrents the respect to it and our flag. im sorry so many have forgotten it and have become so complacent as to complain of the lenght of our national anthem.
Full National Anthem
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, thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, 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 and the home of the brave?
On the shore dimly seen through 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: O, 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 washed out their foul footsteps' 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.
O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand,
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it 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!
i didnt even notice... i was too busy gettin drunk at the bar and eatin chicken wings and jalapino poppers... which were the best poppers i ever had in my fuckin life!!! they were homemade with cilranto ranch tp dip em in..... i coulda ate 20 of those things no problem! i got faded yesterday, i was blacked out before the game was over
