Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a ... watch’d were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Clague: “Rocket ...

Re “Remove ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ as national anthem ... forced to watch the battle throughout the night. He watched “rockets red glare, bombs bursting in air” and still the American ...

Then he started to play “The Star-Spangled Banner ... the minor key for embellishments—but when he got to the rockets’ red glare and the bombs bursting in air, it became clear that ...

Performing The Star-Spangled Banner comes with responsibility ... after the line “and the rocket’s red glare” she cursed.

As with all memorable “Star Spangled Banner” performances ... she ascends the shaky musical staircase of “And the rockets’ ...