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Complete version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" showing spelling and punctuation from Francis Scott Key's manuscript in the Maryland Historical Society collection.
NATIONAL ANTHEM OF THE UNITED STATES “The Star Spangled Banner” Francis Scott Key (1814) Oh, 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, thro' the
29 kwi 2022 · National anthem of the United States, by a Congressional resolution on March 3, 1931. It uses the words of the poem Defence of Fort McHenry by Francis Scott Key , and is sung to the tune, attributed to John Stafford Smith , of the popular English drinking song " To Anacreon in Heaven ."
This entry is a recording of the United States national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner", along with a description of the American flag. "The Star-Spangled Banner" had its lyrics/music composed by Francis Scott Key and John Stafford Smith.
"The Star-Spangled Banner" (U.S. National Anthem) lead sheets in all keys with lyrics. This free PDF sheet music of "The Star-Spangled Banner" with lyrics is available for free for educational purposes.
The Star-Spangled Banner. Francis Scott Key John Stafford Smith Arr. Samuel Stokes.
The sight of those “broad stripes and bright stars†inspired Francis Scott Key to write a song that eventually became the United States national anthem. Key’s words gave new significance to a national symbol and started a tradition through which generations of Americans have invested the flag with their own meanings and memories.
