[salexander]

I am new to the site and noticed in the 4th stanza in the last sentence:

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

I am almost sure that when I memorized this in the 6th grade (1963) it was:

Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just...........

Am I mistaken??

[Peter Ansoff]

Hi! On this web page at the Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasure...s/vc05112x.jpg

you can view the original lyrics of the "Star Spangled Banner," in Key's own handwriting. As you can see, it's "when" not "for." There's also an early printed copy here

Star-Spangled Banner (Memory): American Treasures of the Library of Congress

that shows the same thing.

Note that there *are* some differences between the two. In Key's handwritten draft, the third verse starts out "And where is that host . . .," while in the printed version it's "And where is that band . . . "

Peter Ansoff