The Star-Flag.
Air—The Star-Spangled Banner.
When our fathers in vain sought redress from the throne,
And the tyrant grew mad in his thirst for dominion,
Earth shook while the bugle of conflict was blown;
And our eagle unfolded his newly-fledged pinion.
Men with hair thin and white,
Bared their arms for the fight,
And the lad of sixteen made the dull weapon bright;
While gilding the battle-storm, rolling in wrath,