Star Spangled Banner
July 2, 1995
6:46
SUMMARY
This brief recording features a performance of the Star-Spangled Banner by Debbie Zirincic, intended to evoke healthy pride and gratitude for being an American. The recording emphasizes the emotional and spiritual dimensions of the national anthem within the context of a church gathering. It serves as a reminder to the congregation of God's hand in placing them within their current nation.
FULL TRANSCRIPT
You know, every so often, something happens that just causes us to swell with pride and say, you know, I'm glad, I'm proud in a healthy, positive way to be an American, I'm grateful that God's put me in this place. And many of you have not heard Debbie Zirincic sing this next song. It's a familiar song, the Star-Spangled Banner, but with a little bit of an added dimension. And at the end, I believe you're going to say, God, thank you for letting me be an American. Let's listen as she sings. Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that 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, through 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 through 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? Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
