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The most commonly used section is the first verse, the words of which are:

The most commonly used section is the first verse, the words of which are:

O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,  

O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,<br />

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,  

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,<br />

Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,  

Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, <br />

O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?  

O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? <br />

And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,  

And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,<br />

Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.  

Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. <br />

O say, does that star spangled banner yet wave  

O say, does that star spangled banner yet wave<br />

O’er the land of the free, and the home of the brave?

O’er the land of the free, and the home of the brave?