Every day the US national anthem is played over the school PA. Students are expected to sing along. As you might expect, after mindlessly repeating the words for several years, they have morphed into something different...
The correct lyrics:
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 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?
The lyrics according to students:
Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hail by the twilight last gleaming?
Who brought stripes and bright stars thru the perilous night,
Oh the ramparts we watch are so gallantly singing?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the fight that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet sway
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
I'm thinking I will have the students write out the lyrics sometime... I'm sure I'm missing many things!
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