1813. [Illustration] [Illustration] COMRADES! JOIN THE FLAG OF GLORY. Comrades! join the flag of glory, Cheerily tread the deck of fame, Earn a place in future story, Seek and win a warrior's name. Yankee tars can laugh at dangers, While the roaring mountain wave Teems with carnage--they are strangers To a deed that is not brave. May our bannered stars as ever Splendidly o'er freemen burn, Till the night of war is over, Till the dawn of peace return. 1813. [Illustration] OUR NAVY. On wings of glory, swift as light, The sound of battle came, The gallant Hull in glorious fight Has won the wreaths of fame. _Chorus._--Let brave Columbia's noble band With hearts united rise, Swear to protect their native land Till sacred freedom dies. Let brave Decatur's dauntless breast With patriot ardor glow, And in the garb of vict'ry drest Triumphant blast the foe. _Chorus._--Let brave, etc. And Rogers with his gallant crew O'er the wide ocean ride, To prove their loyal spirits true, And crush old Albion's pride. _Chorus._--Let brave, etc. Then hail another Guerrière there, With roaring broadsides hail; And while the thunder rends the air See Briton's sons turn pale. _Chorus._--Let brave, etc. "The day is ours, my boys, huzza!" The great commander cries, While all responsive roar huzza! With pleasure-sparkling eyes. _Chorus._--Let brave, etc. Thus shall Columbia's fame be spread, Her heaven-born eagle soar; Her deeds of glory shall be read When tyrants are no more. _Chorus._--Let brave, etc. 1813. [Illustration] [Illustration] THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER. BY FRANCIS SCOTT KEY. [Written during the bombardment of Fort McHenry, below Baltimore, by the British fleet, 1814, the author being at the time forcibly detained on board one of the British ships.--EDITOR.] O 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 through the perilous fight, On the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming; And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O say, does the star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? [Illustration]