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 50 NA. TIONAL SONGS, 'Tis the Star-spangled Banner---O{ long may it wave O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave. And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion, A home and a country, should leave us no more! Their blood has wash'd out their foul footsteps' pol- lution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave, From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave, And the Star-spangled Banner in triumph doth wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. O: thus be it ever when freemen shall stand, Between their 1ov'd home, and the war's desoiation, Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heaven-rescu'd land, Praise the Power that hath made and preserv'd us a nation'. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto--" In 'God is our tust;" 'And the Star-spangled Banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. WELCOME LA FAYETTE. Composed at Nashville, and sung by the Youn R dies of the Nashville Female Academy, on the rece[ tion of General La Fayette at that Institution, May 1825. Oa! welcome, warrior, to the soil That gave the brave a bed, Whese harvest yields the ample spoil Of blood for freedom shed; Welcome, welcome, lo the shore, Thy youthful footsteps fondly press'd, Where free-born millions proudly join, To hail the nation's guest---

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