John Brown's Body

noun

1. a long narrative poem (1928) by Stephen Vincent Benét, about the U.S. Civil War.

“John Brown's Body”

1. A song of the Civil War that pays tribute to the abolitionist John Brown ( see abolitionism ). It begins, “John Brown's body lies a-moldering in the grave.”

Notes

“ The Battle Hymn of the Republic ” was written to the tune of “John Brown's Body.”