File:German-American Star Spangled Banner.JPG

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English: German version of the US National Anthem "The Star Spangled banner". The Text is similar to the English version, only with little changes due to a better (rhyme) measure. It was written for German-Americans, mainly for the forty-eighters, to familiarize with their new home. Until 1917, this version was often sung by German-Americans.

The Text in German:

1.O! Sagt, könnt ihr seh'n in des Morgenroths Strahl,
Was so stolz wir im scheidenden Abendroth grüßten?
Die Sterne, die Streifen, die wehend vom Wall,
Im tödlichen Kampf uns den Anblick versüßten?
Hoch flattere die Fahne in herrlicher Pracht,
Beim Leuchten der Bomben durch dunkle Nacht.
O! Sagt, ob das Banner, mit Sternen besä't,
Über'm Lande der Freien und Braven noch weht?
2.Vom Strand aus zu seh'n durch die Nebel der See,
wo Feindes Schaar ruhet in drohendem Schweigen,
Was ist's das die Wind' auf befestigter Höh'
mit neckendem Weh'n bald verhüllen, bald zeigen?
Jetzt faßt es der Sonne hell leuchtenden Strahl,
Jetzt scheint es vom Berge, jetzt weht's über's Thal.
O! Es ist ja das Banner mit Sternen besä't,
Das über'm Land der Freien und Braven noch weht.
3.Und wo ist die Band', die verwegentlich schwor,
Dass die Gräuel des Krieges, das Wüthen der Schlachten,
Sollt' rauben uns Heimath und Vaterlands Flor?
Ihr Herzblut bezahle das frevelnde Trachten.
Keine Gnade noch Schonung für Herr und für Knecht,
Nur Tod sei die Loosung, dann sind wir gerächt.
Und siegreich das Banner mit Sternen besä't,
Überm Lande der Freien und Braven noch weh't.
4.Und wo die Männer für Freiheit und Vaterland
Vereinigt stehn, da sende von Oben,
Den Kämpfern errettend die mächtige Hand,
Die Freien, die müssen den Vater dort loben.
Gerecht ist die Sache, auf Gott wir vertrau'n.
D'rum sei die Loosung, auf ihn wir fest bau'n
Und siegreich das Banner, mit Sternen besä't,
Über'm Lande der Freien und Braven noch weht.
Deutsch: Deutsche Version der amerikanischen Nationalhymne, wie sie bis 1917 auch offiziell von Deutsch-Amerikanern gesungen wurde.
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Source http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.rbc.as.113160/pageturner.html?page=1
Author Hermann Seele (*14.02.1823 in Hildesheim, Kingdom Hanover, German Confederation - † 18.03.1902 in New Braunfels, Texas)

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