% Transcribed by John Atchley, guitarnut.com

% From the index page:

% This special collection of Old Favorite Melodies, Patriotic Songs, and College  Songs,
% together  with some of the newer songs of unusual excellence, we mail, prepaid for 10c
% a copy.  Special rates for quantity lots.

% This was a little  stapled  soft-cover  booklet  of  tunes  published  by  this  piano
% manufacturer in 1919. Under U.S. copyright law, all of the material in this booklet is
% now in the public domain.

% The booklet actually contained 102 songs, plus a blank page for "your state song." The
% booklet doesn't specify which of the 102 songs is not one of the "best."

% This isn't by any means a rare booklet, but most existing copies  are  in  pretty  bad
% shape  as they were printed on very poor quality paper.  I scanned all of the pages at
% very high resolution and will be archiving the images to CD,  along  with  some  other
% books I am transcribing. If you really need the original source for one of these songs
% let me know and I can e-mail you the scanned image (the full-  resolution  images  are
% about 3.8mb each, though).

% Assign global decoration shortcuts
U:H=!fermata!
U:L=!accent!
U:l=!crescendo(!
U:k=!crescendo)!
U:q=!diminuendo(!
U:p=!diminuendo)!
U:S=!segno!
U:s=!D.S.!
U:O=!coda!
U:o=!D.C.!
#:Z=!fine!
U:r=!breath!

X:1
T:The Star-Spangled Banner    [Bb]
T:(Service Version*)
B:The One Hundred and One Best Songs - The Cable Company - 1919 - Chicago, Illinois
% Four-part piano arrangement for standard notation.
C:Francis Scott Key/John Stafford Smith
%%HistoryFont Times-Roman 11
H:*The great growth of community singing, and the systematic introduction of mass singing as a factor
in the training of the American army, brought into prominence the fact that there has never been an
authorized official version of our national anthem.  Probably this accounts for the many variations in printed
and sung versions.  In an effort to bring about greater unity, a representative committee worked for almost
a year on this Service Version with the hope that it might be widely used.  The Committee of Twelve was
composed of the following members: John A. Carpenter, Frederick S. Converse, Wallace Goodrich, W.R.
Spalding, representing the War Department Commission on Training Camp Activities; Hollis E. Dann,
Peter W. Dykems, Osbourne McConathy, representing the Music Supervisors' National Conference; C.C.
Birchard, Carl Engel, W.A. Fisher, Arthur Johnstone, E.W. Newton, representing Music Publishers. In
their conferences, the Committee were agreed, as a fundamental point of departure, that the Star-Spangled
Banner was to be regarded as a "folk song" and that therefore their efforts should be directed to
determining what is the present commonly accepted version of the American people rather than to endeavoring
to establish the authentic and original version from the historic standpoint.  This principle led to a
unanimous agreement regarding the version of the melody and the greater part of the harmony.  Details
concerning the deliverations of the Committee may be obtained from the Chairman, Peter W. Dykems,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
S:Source "The One Hundred and One Best Songs" - The Cable Company - 1919 - Chicago, Illinois
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V:1 clef=treble
(!f!"^}>___With spirit."F3/4 D/4) | B, lD F | kB- B (Ld3/4 c/4) | qB D p=E | F2 F/- F/ | Ld > c B |
w:1.~O* say! can you see,* by the dawn's ear-ly light, What so proud-ly we
w:2.~On the shore, dim-ly seen* thro' the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haugh-ty
w:3.~O* thus be it ev-er when* free-men shall stand Be\-* tween their lov'd
V:2 clef=treble
(!f!F3/4 D/4) | B, lD F | kD- D LD3/4- D/4 | qD D pC | C2 F/- F/ | LF > F F |
V:3 clef=bass middle=d
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(!f!f3/4 d/4) | B lb c' | kb- b La3/4- a/4 | qb b pb | a2 f/- f/ | Lb > a b |
V:4 clef=bass middle=d
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(!f!f3/4 d/4) | B lb a | kg- g L^f3/4 ^f/4 | qg g pc | f2 f/- f/ | LB > c d |
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A2 G3/4 A/4 | B B F | D B, F3/4 D/4 | B, lD F | kB2 Ld3/4 c/4 |
w:hail'd at the twi-light's last gleam-ing? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the
w:host in dread si-lence re-pos-es, What is that which the breeze, o'er the
w:homes and the war's des-o-la-tion! Blest with vic-t'ry and peace, may the
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F2 F3/4 F/4 | F B F | D B, F3/4 D/4 | B, lD F | kD2 LD3/4 D/4 |
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c'2 c'3/4 c'/4 | b b f | d B f3/4 d/4 | B lb c' | kb2 La3/4 a/4 |
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f2 e3/4 e/4 | d b f | d B f3/4 d/4 | B lb a | kg2 L^f3/4 ^f/4 |
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B qD p=E | F2 F/ F/ | d > c B | A2 G3/4 A/4 | B B F |
w:per-il-ous fight, O'er the ram-parts we watch'd, were so gal-lant-ly
w:tow-er-ing steep, As it fit-ful-ly blows, half con-ceals, half dis\-
w:Heav'n-res-cued land Praise the Pow'r that hath made and pre-served us a
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D qD pC | C2 F/ F/ | F > F F | F2 F3/4 F/4 | F B F |
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b qb pb | a2 f/ f/ | b > a b | c'2 c'3/4 c'/4 | b b f |
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g qg pc | f2 f/ f/ | B > c d | f2 e3/4 e/4 | d b f |
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D B, !mf!d/- d/ | ld e kf | f2 qe/ d/ | pc ld ke | e2 e/- e/ |
w:stream-ing? And the rock-ets' red glare, the bombs burst-ing in air, Gave*
w:clos-es? Now it catch-es the gleam of the morn-ing's first beam, In full
w:na-tion! Then* con-quer we must, when our cause it is just, And*
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D B, !mf!B/- B/ | lB c kd | d2 qc/ B/ | pA lB kc | c2 F/- F/ |
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d B !mf!d'/- d'/ | l[d'b] [e'c'] k[f'd'] | [f'2d'2] qe'/ d'/ | p[c'a] l[d'b] k[e'c'] | [e'2c'2] a/- a/ |
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d B !mf!b/- b/ | lB3 | kB2 qc'/ b/ | pf3 | f2 f/- f/ |
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d > qc B | pA- A (G3/4 A/4) | B D =E | F2 || [Q:1/4=96] lO"_<^CHORUS."F/ kF/ | !f!B B (B/A/) | G G G |
w:proof thro' the night* that our flag was still there. O* say, does that* Star-span-gled
w:glo-ry re-flect-ed, now* shines on the stream: 'Tis the Star-span-gled* Ban-ner: O
w:this be our mot-to: "In* God is our trust!" And the Star-span-gled* Ban-ner in
V:2
F > qF F | pF- F F3/4 F/4 | F D C | C2 || [Q:1/4=96] OlF/ kF/ | !f!D E F | E E F |
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b > a qb | c'- pc' c'3/4- c'/4 | b b b | a2 || [Q:1/4=96] Olf/ kf/ | !f!b b b | b b =b |
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B > c qd | f- pf e3/4- e/4 | d g c | f2 || [Q:1/4=96] Olf/ kf/ | !f!B c d | e e d |
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c (qe/d/) (c/pB/) | (qB pHA) F/ F/ | "^broaden"lB > c kd/ e/ | !ff!f2 B/ c/ | d > e c | B2 |]
w:Ban-ner* yet* wave* O'er the land* of the free and the home of the brave?
w:long may* it* wave* O'er the land* of the free and the home of the brave!
w:tri-umph* shall* wave* O'er the land* of the free and the home of the brave!
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Lc (qc/d/) (e/p=e/) | qf- pHf f/ e/ | (ld > f) kb/ {b}c'/ | !ff!b2 g/ g/ | f > f f | B2 |]