Star Spankled Banner

Third verse as Scott wrote it, see if you can guess why it was left out in the official version

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore,
That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion
A home and a Country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash’d out their foul footstep’s pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

And Whitney Houston offered the best version

 
archives said:
Third verse as Scott wrote it, see if you can guess why it was left out in the official version

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore,
That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion
A home and a Country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash’d out their foul footstep’s pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

And Whitney Houston offered the best version

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And what is your understanding why it was "left out" and why was the forth verse also omitted in the song??

Snopes

In fairness, it has also been argued that*Key may have intended the*phrase as a reference to the British Navy’s practice of impressment (kidnapping sailors and forcing them to fight in defense of the crown), or as a semi-metaphorical slap at*the British*invading force as a whole (which included a large number of*mercenaries), though the latter line of thinking suggests*an even stronger alternative theory*—*namely, that the word “hirelings” refers literally*to mercenaries, and “slaves” refers literally to slaves. It doesn’t appear that Francis Scott Key ever specified what he did mean*by the phrase, nor does its context point to a single, definitive interpretation.
 
noise said:
is this disrespect? I think not. it's definately anti-war with Hendrix' bomb noises.
But it's not hostile to the flag -just the war.
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What do they call it?
OH, YEAH - Poetic license; but it looks like Kenny is against freedom of speech.

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