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John Brown's Body
noun
- a long narrative poem (1928) by Stephen Vincent Benét, about the U.S. Civil War.
“John Brown's Body”
- 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.”
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Notes
“ The Battle Hymn of the Republic ” was written to the tune of “John Brown's Body.”
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