Ramparts are a military fortification. It is the top of fortifications that house cannon. So the song is referring to seeing the American Flag still waving over the top of a battle site.
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Francis Scott Key wrote the words of the U.S. National Anthem, The Star Spangled Banner.
He was in the Cheseapeake Bay off the coast of Maryland.
in the star spangled banner what do the words o'er the rampants she waved mean?
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The quote "Jem waved my words away as if fanning gnats" can be found on page 303 of Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
{| |- | Francis Scott Key wrote the words to the Star Spangled Banner. He did not write the music. The melody came from an old drinking song. |}
The song used to put the words for The Star Spangled Banner into its own song is "To Anacreon in Heaven. The tune was originally composed by John Staffford Smith.
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Francis Scott Key, and he died in 1843.
The song that is our national anthem which is called the Star Spangled Banner.