John Brown's Body (2022 Mix)
The John Brown Project
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John Brown was determined, undaunted, true, and brave And Kansas knows his valor when he fought her rights to save Now even though the grass grows long and green above his grave His truth is marching on Glory, Glory, Hallelujah Glory, Glory, Hallelujah Glory, Glory, Hallelujah His truth is marching on John Brown's body lies moldering in the grave While wept the hope of liberty, he ventured off to save But tho he lost his life while struggling for the day His truth is marching on Glory, Glory, Hallelujah Glory, Glory, Hallelujah Glory, Glory, Hallelujah His truth is marching on John Brown's sunset; dawn of liberty Winds of social justice blow from sea to shining sea Wind becomes a hurricane all people will walk free His truth is marching on Glory, Glory, Hallelujah Glory, Glory, Hallelujah Glory, Glory, Hallelujah His truth is marching on He captured Harper's Ferry, with his nineteen men so few And frightened "Old Virginny" till she trembled thru and thru They hung him for a traitor, themselves the traitor crew But his truth is marching on Glory, Glory, Hallelujah Glory, Glory, Hallelujah Glory, Glory, Hallelujah His truth is marching on The movement that he started He looks down upon to view "Black Lives Matter" is resoundly ringing true And heaven rings with anthems of equality and truth The truth is marching on Lift every voice and sing Till earth and heaven ring Ring with the harmonies of Liberty Let our rejoicing rise High as the listening skies Let it resound loud as the rolling sea Glory, Glory, Hallelujah Glory, Glory, Hallelujah Glory, Glory, Hallelujah His truth is marching on His truth is marching on You champions of Freedom, go strike for truth today Serve the death blow to oppression in this present time and place For the dawn of old John Brown has brightened into day And his soul is marching on Glory, Glory, Hallelujah His truth is marching on His truth is marching on John Brown's Body John Brown's Body John Brown's Body His truth keeps marching on For truth and justice, we sing this song If you believe, you can sing along It's oppression, it's despair Its John Brown that we want to share His sacrifices were not in vain And his legacy, it will remain John Brown was the definition Of proper living Stuck to the mission of Freein' slaves from the opposition Following dreams that would seem Off into the distance Hoppin over the obstacles Keeping people diminished He was more than a man Who had made personal sacrifice Legacy of justice that Followed him to the afterlife Morally compelled to do better Felt that he had to fight Hungry for a better future Change was his appetite We the people of a nation Repeat the mistakes We try to push each other down Until the ground breaks But John Brown was pullin' people up He was tough When he gets a Regardless of how Staring in the eyes of another race And his truth keeps marching on
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Written by: Daniel Morrison, Jacque Williams, Peter Pobuda
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