Αυτό το γνωστό τραγούδι γράφτηκε για τον ήρωα John Brown, που έδωσε τη ζωή του για την απελευθέρωση των δούλων.
“Old John Brown’s body lies moldering in the grave,
While weep the sons of bondage whom he ventured out to save;
But though he lost his life while struggling to free the slaves,
His truth is marching on.
John Brown’s body lies a-mouldering in the grave,
John Brown’s body lies a-mouldering in the grave,
But his truth still marches on.
John Brown was a hero, undaunted, true and brave,
And Kansas knew his valor when he fought her rights to save;
Now, though the grass grows green above his grave,
His truth still marches 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 still marches on.
He’s gone to be a soldier in the Army of the Lord,
He’s gone to be a soldier in the Army of the Lord,
And his truth still marches on.
John Brown was John the Baptist for the Christ we are to see,
Christ who of the bondmen shall the Liberator be,
And soon throughout the Sunny South the slaves will all be free,
And his truth is marching on.
Glory, glory, hallelujah,
Glory, glory, hallelujah,
His truth goes marching on.”
