The tune and some of the lyrics of "John Brown’s Body" came from a much older folk hymn called "Say, Brothers will you … See more

"Canaan's Happy Shore" has a verse and chorus of equal metrical length and both verse and chorus share an identical melody and rhythm. "John Brown's Body" has more syllables in its verse and uses a more rhythmicall… See more

Howe submitted the lyrics she wrote to The Atlantic Monthly, and it was first published in the February 1862 issue of the magazine.
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of t… See more

• In 1953, Marian Anderson sang the song before a television audience of 60 million persons, broadcast live over the NBC and CBS networks, as part of The Ford 50th Anniversary Show.
• In 1960 the Mormon Tabernacl… See more

In the years since the Civil War, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" has been used frequently as an American patriotic song.
The lyrics of "Battle Hymn of the Republic" appear in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s sermons a… See more