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*** The New Fourth Verse ***

* Of The Star Spangled Banner *

Oh thus be it ever when all men shall stand

Between our loved homes and war's desolation

Blessed with beauty and peace may our heavenly lands

See the light up above and become more than nations

But if struggle we must for the cause that is just

May we choose as standards those that all men can trust

Then the Star Spangled Banner in honor shall wave

Among the lands of the free and the home of the brave

Francis Scott Key

and

Howard Scott Pearlman

Copyright 1989 Pearlman

Vocals by Doug Lewis

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Answer 1

Why leave God out of it? I like the original:

O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand,

Between their loved homes and the war's desolation;

Blessed with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land

Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us as a nation!

Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,

And this be our motto: "In God is our trust"

And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!