The Star-Spangled Banner

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The Star-Spangled Banner (1814)
Francis Scott Key (lyrics) and John Stafford Smith (music)

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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."

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161The Star-Spangled Banner1814Francis Scott Key (lyrics) and John Stafford Smith (music)

Versions of The Star-Spangled Banner include:

"Defence of Fort McHenry", broadside, 1814 (lyrics only).
"The Star-Spangled Banner" in The Riverside song book (1893)
"The Star Spangled Banner" in Suggestive programs for special day exercises, 1898 (lyrics only)
"Star Spangled Banner" in School Song Knapsack, 1899 (lyrics only)
"The Star-Spangled Banner" in Poems That Every Child Should Know, 1904 (lyrics only)
"The Star-Spangled Banner" in The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book, 1916 (lyrics only)
"The Star-Spangled Banner" in Southern Life in Southern Literature, 1917 (lyrics only).
"O Say Can You See" in The Army and Navy Hymnal, 1920.
"Star-Spangled Banner" in Songs of Long Ago

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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