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