The John Brown Song 1861

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 17 Mar 2005

Old John Brown's body
lies a mould'ring in the grave,
While weep the sons of bondage
when he ventured all to save;
but tho' he lost his life
in struggling for the slave,
His soul is marching on.

Oh glory hallelujah
Glory glory hallelujah
Oh glory hallelujah
his soul is marching on.

John Brown was a hero undaunted,
true and brave;
Kansas knew his valor
when he fought her rights to save;
and now tho' the grass grows green
above his grave,
His soul is marching on.

Oh glory hallelujah
Glory glory hallelujah
Oh glory hallelujah
his soul is marching on.

He captured Harper's Ferry,
with his nineteen men so few,
and he frightened "Old Virginny"
till she trembled thro' and thro';
they hung him for a traitor,
themselves a traitor crew,
But his soul is marching on.

Oh glory hallelujah
Glory glory hallelujah
Oh glory hallelujah
but his soul is marching on.

John Brown was John The Baptist
for the Christ we are to see
Christ who of the bondsman
shall the Liberator be;
and soon throughout the sunny south
the slaves shall all be free,
for his soul is marching on.

Oh glory hallelujah
Glory glory hallelujah
Oh glory hallelujah
for his soul is marching on.

The conflict that he heralded,
he looks from heav'n to view;
on the army of the Union
with its flag red, white and blue,
and heaven shall ring with anthems
o'er the deeds they mean to do,
for his soul is marching on.

Oh glory hallelujah
Glory glory hallelujah
Oh glory hallelujah
for his soul is marching on.

O soldiers of freedom,
then strike while strike you may
by the deathblow of oppression
in a better time and way;
for the dawn of old John Brown
has brightened into day,
and his soul is marching on.

Oh glory hallelujah
Glory glory hallelujah
Oh glory hallelujah
and his soul is marching on.

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The John Brown Song 1861
or, Glory Hallelujah. With New and Revised Words.
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: na
© 1861 by Root & Cady, 95 Clark Street, Chicago
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 17 March 2005 at 22.10
in association with Doug Grierson
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