And often couldn't find work anywhere else, at least the army will pay you something.
"And thus be it ever when free men shall stand between their loved homes and war's desolation, when conquer we must if our cause it is just let this be our motto, "In Gos is our trust." And long may that Star Spangled Banner yet wave o're the land of the free and the home of the brave."
Happy Independence Day, @Garsco.
My bad. The real lyric that Key wrote for that verse is this:
O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand
Between their lov'd home and the war's desolation!
Blest with vict'ry and peace may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the power that hath made and preserv'd us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto - "In God is our trust,"
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave