"She's up there—Old Glory—where lightnings are sped; She dazzles the nations with ripples of red; And she'll wave for us living, or droop o'er us dead— The flag of our country forever!"
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: She's up there—Old Glory—she's waving o'erhead; She dazzles the nations with ripples of red, And she'll wave for us living, or droop o'er us dead— She's the flag of our country forever!
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Frank Lebby Stanton
Frank Lebby Stanton (February 22, 1857 – January 7, 1927) was an American lyricist.
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