Flutterby™! : Star Spangled Banner

Because the collapse of the Key bridge is bringing up Francis Scott Key's slave-owning and other problematic aspects, here's the Complete version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" showing spelling and punctuation from Francis Scott Key's manuscript in the Maryland Historical Society collection.

Yeah, that third verse in context makes "land of the free" read a little differently.

For completeness, The Anacreontic Song as Sung at the Crown and Anchor Tavern in the Strand, the words by Ralph Tomlinson Esquire, the late President of that Society.

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And long may the Sons of ANACREON intwine

The Myrtle of VENUS with BACCHUS'S Vine.