The Stars and Stripes Forever - With Lyrics

The United States Army Field Band and Soldiers' Chorus perform John Philip Sousa's most famous march, The Stars and Stripes Forever. To see the lyrics please turn on your closed captioning starting at 1:04.

Hurrah for the flag of the free!
May it wave as our standard forever.
The gem of the land and the sea,
The banner of the right!

Let tyrants remember the day
When our fathers, with mighty endeavor,
Proclaimed as they marched to the fray
That by their might and by their right
It waves forever!

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[bewareofwil]

I never knew that there were lyrics to Stars and Stripes Forever. This changes everything.

[kufhlyw]

I’m S.Korean
God bless America forever 🇺🇸♥️🇰🇷

[richardsass]

The amazing part of this, is that once John Philip Sousa began putting this to paper, he never changed a note. He wrote this in one take, no revisions. True divine inspiration.

[knrfpow]

In Japan, we use this song at the starting ceremony of middle school Sports Festival. Students march and drawn up with this song.
It's so cool and I love it
by Japanese

[robertunderhill]

You people are so lucky to have selected music as your profession in the Military. I played the Clarinet and Saxophone sense the 4th grade, and all through High School. When I went in the Navy during the Viet Nam war, I never thought of trying for the band. I became a Aircraft Mechanic instead. I stayed in for 13 years but was given an early out because the war ended. Now I'm almost 70 years old and still have the Horns. My Clarinet was given to me from my Uncle who was in the Army band during WW2 and the Korean conflict. He later had his own Band after getting out and played night clubs for years. I played a couple of shows with him. That was fun.
I don't know why, but, I stopped playing the Clarinet after I came home and never picked it up until this year. Now after 38 years, I forgot how to do the fingering in the higher register and don't seem to have the wind as I used to. But after seeing your Clarinet player play softly, I decided to teach myself again and just play softly. I was so grateful to watch your beginners video, because it gave me the fire to want to play again. Thank you and God Bless.

[razrvlc]

Those piccolos were amazingly in tune. I've never heard multiple piccolos sound good together but that was FIVE and it was perfect. It's so easy to go out of tune on something so small because the slightest movement will change the pitch. Those players are very impressive.

[georgebeckydragan]

Love the spontaneous natural smiles after that flawless piccolo solo. You know when you've nailed it. They nailed it.

[nunny]

Much love from Britain, our American cousins! 🇬🇧🇺🇸

[tomasgarcia]

Wth?!? That piccolo solo is hard, and not only one BUT 5 piccolos played the CRAP out of that solo! That's amazing

[ArmyFieldBand]

Aly Pugliani Try a google search for "Stars and Stripes Forever Piccolo Solo". You should be able to find what you're looking for.

[SaneTheBro]

This is honestly my favorite piece of music ever written.

[lannacor]

This song is making me feel so emotional today. God bless the USA and all those who stood, and still continue to stand for liberty, and justice for all. Only with the one true God will America be blessed. ❤

[chrispybacon]

The flutes in this band are "the few, the proud"

loved the piccolo solos


Bravo!

[anakrueger]

I'm 15 and adopted from Guatemala. I've never really been happy with being adopted since it was a closed adoption, but whenever I hear this song performed by The US Army Field Band, I think of how happy I am to be in America and how wonderful it is to have the feeling of safety everyday because of the US Army. This is my favorite version of this song and I listen to it all the time! Well done!

[Vadim_Slastihin]

I literally shed a tear of joy while listening to this. Truly a masterpiece.

[thomastarwater]

The United States Army Field Band did extreme justice to “Stars And Stripes Forever”, and John Philip Sousa is smiling down from heaven!

[niceamigo]

Awesome god bless THE U.S.of A. from the U.K.

[billjenkins]

The conductor was understandably proud.

[sueme]

The Stars and Stripes Forever are played at big gatherings of people when there is imminent danger and workers are being called to act without panicking the public. This is a tradition that I believe began with Barnum and Bailey CIRCUS!
That is the music.

[gczmzgu]

I'm South korean!! I Love USA SO MUCH!! YEAH NATURE TECHNOLOGY SKYSCRAPER EVERYTHING SO EXCITING