９月１３日夜，英军以猛烈炮火对要塞整夜轰击。次日清晨，基透过未尽硝烟，看到美军的星条旗仍在阵地上空迎风飘扬，激情逬发。他立即在一个旧信封上奋笔疾书，满腔热忱写下了“星条旗永不落”。 

    “星条旗永不落”由“进行曲之王”苏萨于１８９７年作曲，它充分发挥铜管乐队的表现功能，气势磅礴，颇具鼓动力。“星条旗”很快被传唱，但直到１９３１年３月３日，国会才立法通过，宣布“星条旗”为美国国歌。国歌包括四节，绝大多数场合只唱第一节。

                                      啊！在晨曦初现时，

                                你可看见是甚么让我们如此骄傲？

                                 在黎明的最后一道曙光中欢呼，

                                 是谁的旗帜在激战中始终高扬？

                                      烈火熊熊,炮声隆隆。

                                我们看到要塞上那面英勇的旗帜，

                                     在黑夜过后依然耸立！

                                啊！你说，那星条旗是否会静止，

                                     在自由的土地上飘舞，

                                     在勇者的家园上飞扬。

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

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

               Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,

                   O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?

                    And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,

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

                       Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave

                    O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

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(视频)美国7岁女童惊人歌喉演唱美国国歌

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/_gC6jATMNik/

Beyonce唱美国国歌RnB版本

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美国国歌玛莉亚·凯丽版