Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner forever shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Of course if they would sing that in public today, they could be arrested!
However, many people are too smart to waste their time learning The Stars and Stripes Forever as some Maylasian transcriber mailed to me.