There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere

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One of the most popular war songs, written during World War II, is Paul Roberts and Shelby Carnell's (Bob Miller) There's A Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere. The "somewhere" of the title appears to have a couple of references: it seems to signify heaven, for, as the lyrics state, only the great heroes of Uncle Sam get to go there. The narrator states he'll see Lincoln, Custer, Washington, Perry, "Nathan Hale and Colin Kelley too!" This nicely unites the sense of transcendence with the sacrifice of the patriots. Later, we discover that the narrator is "crippled," but he wants to "bring the Axis down a peg" and be a hero. If that happens, he will be assured a place in "that heaven" where the Star-Spangled Banner is waving. The somewhere could also signify the country itself or any part of the free world. In the second stanza, he talks of the "mad schemes of destruction" unleashed on "sweet liberty" by dictators. He adds that he is willing to die to "be a free American" and wherever that Star-Spangled Banner is waving is where he wants to be living when his time to die is at hand.