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JOHN BROWN'S BODY (2), by                    
First Line: John brown's body lies a-mould'ring in the grave
Last Line: "now has come the glorious jubilee, / when all mankind are free"
Subject(s): "abolitionists;brown, John (1800-1859);freedom;slavery;war;" Anti-slavery;liberty;serfs


John Brown's body lies a-mold'ring in the grave,
John Brown's body lies a-mold'ring in the grave,
John Brown's body lies a-mold'ring in the grave,
His soul is marching on.

Chorus
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
His soul is marching on!

The stars of heaven are looking kindly down
On the grave of old John Brown.

He's gone to be a soldier in the army of the Lord.
His soul is marching on.

John Brown died that the slave might be free,
But his soul goes marching on.

He captured Harper's Ferry with his nineteen men so true,
And he frightened old Virginia till she trembled
through and through;
They hung him for a traitor, themselves the traitor crew,
But his soul goes marching on.

John Brown's knapsack is strapped to his back;
His soul is marching on.

His pet lambs will meet on the way
And they'll go marching on.

They will hang Jeff Davis on a sour apple tree
As they go marching on.

Now has come the glorious jubilee,
When all mankind are free.






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