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Skriven 2006-04-28 16:07:00 av LEE LOFASO (1:123/140)
Ärende: Star Spangled Banner
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Hello Everybody,

Now that a Spanish version of the Star-Spangled Banner has
been released, here is the new, improved, Redneck version -

Star Spangled Banner
by Frances Ole Jeb Key 1814
Tune: Anacreon in Hevvin

Oh! Fry mah hide! say, kin yo' see, by th' dawn's early light,
Whut in tarnation so proudly we hailed at th' twilight's last
gleamin'?
Whose broad stripes an' bright stars, through th' perilous fight,
O'er th' ramparts we watched were so gallantly streamin'?
An' th' rockets' red glare, th' bombs bustin' in air,
Gave proof through th' night thet our flag was still thar.
Oh! Fry mah hide! say, does thet star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er th' lan' of th' free an' th' home of th' brave?

On th' sho'e, dimly see through th' mists of th' deep,
Whar th' foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
whut in tarnation is thet which th' breeze, o'er th' towerin'
steep,
As it fitfully flows, ha'f cornceals, ha'f discloses?
Now it ketches th' gleam of th' mo'nin''s fust beam,
In full gl'y reflecked, now shines on th' stream, dawgone it.
'Tis th' star-spangled banner. Oh! Fry mah hide! long may it
wave
O'er th' lan' of th' free an' th' home of th' brave!

An' whar is thet ban' who so vauntin'ly swo'e
Thet havoc of war an' th' battle's cornfushun
A home an' a country sh'd leave us no mo'e?
Their blood has warshed out  their foul footstep's pollushun.
No refuge c'd save th' hirelin' an' slave
Fum th' terro' of flight o' th' gloom of th' grave,
An' th' star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er th' lan' of th' free an' th' home of th' brave.

Oh! Fry mah hide! thus be it evah when free min shall stan'
Between their loved homes an' th' war's desolashun,
Bless wif vicko'y an' peace, may th' Hevvin rexcued lan'
Praise th' Power thet hath made an' presarved us a nashun.
Then cornquer we muss, when our cuz it is jest,
An' this hyar be our motto, "In God is our trest."
An' th' star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er th' lan' of th' free an' th' home of th' brave.

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Now for Th' Pledge of Allegiance, and Th' South Car'linan's Creed...

--Lee


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