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{{Short description|1862 American song by Julia Ward Howe}}
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| title       = "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
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| caption     = Cover of the 1863 sheet music for the "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
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| author      = [[Julia Ward Howe]]
| lyrics_date = {{start date and age|1861}}
| composer    = [[William Steffe]], 1856; arranged by James E. Greenleaf, C. S. Hall, and C. B. Marsh
| music_date  = 1861
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[[File:"Battle Hymn of the Republic" w- the Mormon Tabernacle Choir LIVE from West Point - West Point Band.webm|thumb|The [[Tabernacle Choir|Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square]] and [[West Point Band]] performing "Battle Hymn of the Republic".]]

The "'''Battle Hymn of the Republic'''" is an [[American patriotic music|American patriotic song]] written by the [[abolitionist]] writer [[Julia Ward Howe]] during the [[American Civil War]].

Howe adapted her song from the soldiers' song "[[John Brown's Body]]" in November 1861, and sold it for $4 to ''[[The Atlantic Monthly]]<ref>Ken Burns' "Civil War" miniseries, episode 2</ref>'' in February 1862. In contrast to the lyrics of the soldiers’ song, her version links the Union cause with God's vengeance at the [[Day of Judgment]] (through allusions to biblical passages such as {{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=American Standard|book=Isaiah|chapter=63|verse=1|range=–6}}, [[Revelation 19]] and {{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=American Standard|book=Revelation|chapter=14|verse=14|range=–19}}).

Julia Ward Howe was married to [[Samuel Gridley Howe]], a scholar in education of the blind. Both Samuel and Julia were also active leaders in anti-slavery politics and strong supporters of the Union. Samuel was a member of the [[Secret Six]], the group who funded [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]]'s work.<ref>Reynolds, David S. "John Brown Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights." Vintage Books, pp. 209–215.</ref>

==History==

==="Oh! Brothers"===
The tune and some of the lyrics of "John Brown’s Body" came from a much older folk [[hymn]] called "Say, Brothers will you Meet Us", also known as "Glory Hallelujah", which has been developed in the [[camp meeting#Music and hymn singing|oral hymn tradition of revivalist camp meetings]] of the late 1700s, though it was first published in the early 1800s. In the first known version, "Canaan's Happy Shore", the text includes the verse "Oh! Brothers will you meet me (3×)/On [[Canaan]]'s happy shore?"<ref>{{cite book|title=The Battle Hymn of the Republic: A Biography of the Song That Marches On|first1=John |last1=Stauffer |first2=Benjamin|last2= Soskis|publisher= Oxford University Press|date= 2013|isbn=9780199339587|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bIRQpD3HNSAC&pg=PA23}}</ref>{{rp|21}} and chorus "There we'll shout and give Him glory (3×)/For glory is His own."{{sfn|Stauffer |Soskis|2013| p= 18}} This developed into the familiar "Glory, glory, hallelujah" chorus by the 1850s. The tune and variants of these words spread across both the southern and northern [[music of the United States|United States]].{{sfn|Stauffer |Soskis|2013| pp=26–27}}

===As the "John Brown's Body" song===
At a flag-raising ceremony at [[Fort Warren (Massachusetts)|Fort Warren]], near Boston, Massachusetts, on Sunday, May 12, 1861, the song "[[John Brown's Body]]", using the "Oh! Brothers" tune and the "Glory, Hallelujah" chorus, was publicly played "perhaps for the first time".{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} The [[American Civil War]] had begun the previous month.

In 1890, George Kimball wrote his account of how the [[43rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment|2nd Infantry Battalion of the Massachusetts militia]], known as the "Tiger" Battalion, collectively worked out the lyrics to "John Brown's Body". Kimball wrote:

{{Blockquote |We had a jovial Scotchman in the battalion, named John Brown.&nbsp;... [A]nd as he happened to bear the identical name of [[John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry|the old hero of Harper's Ferry]], he became at once the butt of his comrades. If he made his appearance a few minutes late among the working squad, or was a little tardy in falling into the company line, he was sure to be greeted with such expressions as "Come, old fellow, you ought to be at it if you are going to help us free the slaves," or, "This can't be John Brown—why, John Brown is dead." And then some wag would add, in a solemn, drawling tone, as if it were his purpose to give particular emphasis to the fact that John Brown was really, actually dead: "Yes, yes, poor old John Brown is dead; his body lies mouldering in the grave."{{Sfn | Kimball | 1890 | p = 372}}}}

According to Kimball, these sayings became [[proverb|by-words]] among the soldiers and, in a communal effort—similar in many ways to the spontaneous composition of camp meeting songs described above—were gradually put to the tune of "Say, Brothers":

{{blockquote|Finally ditties composed of the most nonsensical, doggerel rhymes, setting for the fact that John Brown was dead and that his body was undergoing the process of decomposition, began to be sung to the music of the hymn above given. These ditties underwent various ramifications, until eventually the lines were reached,—
{{poemquote|style=font-size:inherit|"John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave,
His soul's marching on."}}

And,—
{{poemquote|style=font-size:inherit|"He's gone to be a soldier in the army of the Lord,
His soul's marching on."}}

These lines seemed to give general satisfaction, the idea that Brown's soul was "marching on" receiving recognition at once as having a germ of inspiration in it. They were sung over and over again with a great deal of gusto, the "Glory, hallelujah" chorus being always added.{{Sfn | Kimball | 1890 | p = 372}}}}

Some leaders of the battalion, feeling the words were coarse and irreverent, tried to urge the adoption of more fitting lyrics, but to no avail. The lyrics were soon prepared for publication by members of the battalion, together with publisher C. S. Hall. They selected and polished verses they felt appropriate, and may even have enlisted the services of a local poet to help polish and create verses.{{Sfn | Kimball | 1890 | pp = 373–4}}

The official histories of the old First Artillery and of the 55th Artillery (1918) also record the Tiger Battalion's role in creating the John Brown Song, confirming the general thrust of Kimball's version with a few additional details.<ref>{{Citation | first = Frederick Morse | last = Cutler | title = The old First Massachusetts coast artillery in war and peace | publisher = Pilgrim Press | place = Boston | year = 1917 | pages = 105–06 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=dq9JAAAAIAAJ&q=Frederick%20Morse%20Cutler&pg=PA105 | format = Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | first = Frederick Morse | last = Cutler | title = The 55th artillery (CAC) in the American expeditionary forces, France, 1918 | publisher = Commonwealth Press | place = Worcester, Massachusetts | year = 1920 | pages = 261ff | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=yci0AAAAMAAJ&q=apples%20diarrhee%20%22john%20brown%22&pg=PA261 | format = Google Books}}</ref>

===Creation of the "Battle Hymn"===
[[File:Julia Ward Howe from American Women, 1897.jpg|thumb|Julia Ward Howe, 1897]]

Kimball's battalion was dispatched to [[Murray, Kentucky|Murray]], Kentucky, early in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], and [[Julia Ward Howe]] heard this song during a public review of the troops outside Washington, D.C., on [[Upton's Hill|Upton Hill]], Virginia. [[Rufus R. Dawes]], then in command of Company "K" of the 6th [[Wisconsin]] Volunteer Infantry, stated in his memoirs that the man who started the singing was Sergeant John Ticknor of his company. Howe's companion at the review, [[the Reverend]] [[James Freeman Clarke]],<ref>Williams, Gary. ''Hungry Heart: The Literary Emergence of Julia Ward Howe''. Amherst, Mass.: [[University of Massachusetts Press]], 1999: 208. {{ISBN|1-55849-157-0}}.</ref> suggested to Howe that she write new words for the fighting men's song. Staying at the [[Willard Hotel]] in Washington on the night of November 18, 1861, Howe wrote the verses to the "Battle Hymn of the Republic".<ref>{{citation |url=http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/richards/howe/howe-I.html|title = Julia Ward Howe, 1819–1910 | volume = I |publisher= University of Pennsylvania |date= June 1, 1912 |access-date=2010-07-02}}. See also footnote in ''To-Day'',  February 1885 (v. 3), [https://books.google.com/books?id=V1UFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA88 p. 88]</ref> Of the writing of the lyrics, Howe remembered:

{{blockquote|I went to bed that night as usual, and slept, according to my wont, quite soundly. I awoke in the gray of the morning twilight; and as I lay waiting for the dawn, the long lines of the desired poem began to twine themselves in my mind. Having thought out all the stanzas, I said to myself, "I must get up and write these verses down, lest I fall asleep again and forget them." So, with a sudden effort, I sprang out of bed, and found in the dimness an old stump of a pencil which I remembered to have used the day before. I scrawled the verses almost without looking at the paper.<ref>Howe, Julia Ward. ''Reminiscences: 1819–1899''. New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1899. p. 275.</ref>}}

Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic" was first published on the front page of ''[[The Atlantic Monthly]]'' of February 1862. The sixth verse written by Howe, which is less commonly sung, was not published at that time.

[[Image:Battle Hymn of the Republic.jpg|thumb|As originally published 1862 in ''[[The Atlantic Monthly]]'']]

The song was also published as a broadside in 1863 by the Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments in [[Philadelphia]].

Both "John Brown" and "Battle Hymn of the Republic" were published in Father Kemp's ''Old Folks Concert Tunes'' in 1874 and reprinted in 1889. Both songs had the same chorus with an additional "Glory" in the second line: "Glory! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!"<ref>Hall, Roger L. ''New England Songster.'' PineTree Press, 1997.</ref>

==Score==
"Canaan's Happy Shore" has a [[verse (poetry)|verse]] and [[chorus (song)|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 rhythmically active variation of the "Canaan" melody to accommodate the additional words in the verse. In Howe's lyrics, the words of the verse are packed into a yet longer line, with even more syllables than "John Brown's Body." The verse still uses the same underlying melody as the refrain, but the addition of many dotted rhythms to the underlying melody allows for the more complex verse to fit the same melody as the comparatively short refrain.

:''One version of the melody, in [[C major]], begins as below. This is an example of the [[mediant-octave modal frame]].''

<score sound=1>\relative c'' { \partial 16 g16 g8. g16 g8. f16 e8. g16 c8. d16 e8. e16 e8. d16 c4 c8. c16 a8. a16 a8. b16 c8. c16 b8. a16 \partial 2. g8. a16 g8. e16 g4} \addlyrics {Mine eyes have seen the glo– ry of the com– ing of the Lord: He is tramp– ling out the vin– tage where the grapes of wrath are stored; } </score>

==Lyrics==
Howe submitted the lyrics she wrote to [[The Atlantic|''The Atlantic Monthly'']], and it was first published in the February 1862 issue of the magazine.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Howe|first1=Julia Ward|title=The Battle Hymn of the Republic|journal=The Atlantic Monthly|date=February 1862|volume=9|issue=52|page=10|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/1862feb/batthym.htm|access-date=April 26, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Stossel>{{cite journal|last1=Stossel|first1=Sage|title=The Battle Hymn of the Republic|journal=The Atlantic Monthly|date=September 2001| url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2001/09/the-battle-hymn-of-the-republic/305704/|access-date=April 26, 2015}}</ref>

===First published version===
{{poemquote|Mine eyes have seen the glory of the [[Second Coming|coming of the Lord]];
He is trampling out the vintage where [[Christ in the winepress#Scriptural and patristic background|the grapes of wrath]] are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword: 
:His truth is marching on.

('''Chorus''')
[[Glory (religion)|Glory]], glory, [[hallelujah]]!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
:His truth is marching on.

I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling [[Military camp|camps]],
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps;
I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps:
:His day is marching on.

('''Chorus''')
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
:His truth is marching on.

I have read a fiery [[gospel]] writ in [[Musket|burnished rows of stee]]l:
"As ye deal with My contemners, so with you My grace shall deal";
[[Protevangelium|Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with His heel]],
:Since God is marching on.

('''Chorus''')
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
:His truth is marching on.

He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call [[Retreat (military)|retreat]];
He is sifting out the hearts of men before [[Last Judgment|His judgment-seat]];
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! Be jubilant, my feet!
:Our God is marching on.

('''Chorus''')
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
:Our God is marching on.

In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that [[Transfiguration (religion)|transfigures]] you and me.
[[Crucifixion of Jesus|As He died to make men holy]], [[American Civil War|let us die to make men free]],<ref>Howe, Julia Ward. Battle hymn of the republic, Washington, D.C.:Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments [n.d] {{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/amss.cw100430/ |title=Battle hymn of the Republic. By Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. Published by the Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments |website=[[Library of Congress]] |access-date=2020-06-30}}</ref>
:While God is marching on.

('''Chorus''')
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
:Our God is marching on.}}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Some modern performances and recordings of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" use the lyric "As He died to make men holy, let us ''live'' to make men free" as opposed to the wartime lyric originally written by Julia Ward Howe: "let us die to make men free."<ref>{{cite web |title=LDS Hymns #60 |url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/music/text/hymns/battle-hymn-of-the-republic |department=Hymns |publisher=Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints |access-date=23 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Methodist Conference Office| last = Methodist Conference| title = The Methodist hymn-book with tunes| location = London| date = 1933|at=Hymn number 260}}</ref>

===Other versions===
Howe's original manuscript differed slightly from the published version. Most significantly, it included a final verse:

{{poemquote|
He is coming like the glory of the morning on the wave,
He is Wisdom to the mighty, He is Succour to the brave,
So the world shall be His footstool, and the soul of Time His slave,
: Our God is marching on.

('''Chorus''')
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
: Our God is marching on!}}

In the 1862 sheet music, the [[refrain|chorus]] always begins:

{{poemquote|
Glory!  Glory!  Hallelujah!
Glory!  Glory! Glory!  Hallelujah!
Glory!  Glory!  Hallelujah!<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/resource/ihas.200000858.0/?sp=1 1862 sheet music]</ref>}}

==Recordings and public performances==

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* 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 [[Grammy Awards of 1960|1960]] the [[Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square|Mormon Tabernacle Choir]] won the [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus|Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus]]. The [[Gramophone record|45&nbsp;rpm]] single record, which was arranged and edited by [[Columbia Records]] and [[Cleveland]] disk jockey [[Bill Randle]], was a commercial success and reached #13 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s Hot 100 the previous autumn. It is the choir's only Top 40 hit in the Hot 100.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanmusicpreservation.com/BattleHymnoftheRepublic.htm |title= Battle Hymn of the Republic (original version)|publisher=American music preservation |access-date= 2010-07-02}}</ref>
*[[Judy Garland]] performed this song on her weekly television show in December 1963. She originally wanted to do a dedication show for President [[John F. Kennedy]] upon his [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|assassination]], but [[CBS]] would not let her, so she performed the song without being able to mention his name.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sanders|first=Coyne Steven|year=1990|title=Rainbow's End: The Judy Garland Show|publisher=Zebra Books|isbn=0-8217-3708-2}}</ref>
*On November 22, 1963, the day that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated the [[Mormon Tabernacle Choir]] performed the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" live on national television.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*[[Andy Williams]] experienced commercial success in 1968 with an [[a cappella]] version recorded at Senator [[Robert F. Kennedy|Robert Kennedy]]'s funeral. Backed by the [[St. Charles Borromeo Church (North Hollywood)#St. Charles Borromeo Choir|St. Charles Borromeo choir]], his version reached #11 on the [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|adult contemporary chart]] and #33 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref>{{Citation |publisher=Music VF |url=http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?id=2435 |first=Andy |last=Williams |title=Battle Hymn of the Republic |type=chart positions |access-date=June 16, 2013}}</ref>
*[[Anita Bryant]] performed it January 17, 1971, at the halftime show of [[Super Bowl V]]. She would also do it again on January 25, 1973, during the burial services for [[LBJ]] at [[LBJ Ranch|his Texas ranch]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Haynes|first2=Jules|last2=Witcover|title=LBJ Buried in Beloved Texas Hills|newspaper=The Washington Post|page=A1|date=January 26, 1973|author-link=Haynes Johnson|author-link2=Jules Witcover}}</ref>
*The [[Morehouse College Glee Club]] performed it at Former President [[Jimmy Carter]]'s [[Death and state funeral of Jimmy Carter|funeral ceremony]] at the [[Carter Center]] in [[Atlanta]] on January 4, 2025.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=_n4dB6Fz5e6x6x3P&v=QVD2Mq31fQc&feature=youtu.be |title=Jimmy Carter Funeral: 'Battle Hymn of the Republic' |date=2025-01-04 |publisher=FOX 5 Atlanta |access-date=2025-01-25 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
*U.S. Naval Academy Glee Club performed it January 20, 2025 at Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, DC.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/trump-inauguration-schedule-today-start-time-events/6114055/ | title=Here's full schedule of events for Trump inauguration today | date=January 20, 2025 |publisher=NBC New York}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsI3pThlmXs | title=WATCH: U.S. Naval Academy Glee Club performs 'Battle Hymn of the Republic' &#124; Trump 2025 Inauguration | date=January 20, 2025 | via=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>

==Influence==
===Popularity and widespread use===
In the years since the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" has been used frequently as an American patriotic song.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/on-the-homefront/culture/music/the-battle-hymn-of-the-republic/the-battle-hymn-of-the.html |title=Civil War Music: The Battle Hymn of the Republic |publisher=Civilwar.org |date=October 17, 1910 |access-date=2012-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816060205/http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/on-the-homefront/culture/music/the-battle-hymn-of-the-republic/the-battle-hymn-of-the.html |archive-date=August 16, 2012 }}</ref>

===Cultural influences===
The lyrics of "Battle Hymn of the Republic" appear in Dr. [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]'s sermons and speeches, most notably in his speech "[[How Long, Not Long]]" from the steps of the [[Alabama]] State Capitol building on March 25, 1965, after the [[Selma to Montgomery marches#March to Montgomery|successful Selma to Montgomery march]], and in his final sermon "[[I've Been to the Mountaintop]]", delivered in [[Memphis, Tennessee]], on the evening of April 3, 1968, the night before his assassination. The speech ends with the first lyrics of the "Battle Hymn": "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord."

Bishop [[Michael Curry (bishop)|Michael B. Curry]] of [[North Carolina]], after his election as the first [[African Americans|African American]] [[Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Presiding Bishop]] of [[Episcopal Church (United States)|The Episcopal Church]], delivered a [[sermon]] to the Church's [[General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America|General Convention]] on July 3, 2015, in which the lyrics of the "Battle Hymn" framed the message of God's love. After proclaiming "Glory, glory, hallelujah, His truth is marching on", a letter from President [[Barack Obama]] was read, congratulating Bishop Curry on his historic election.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2015/07/03/video-presiding-bishop-elect-michael-curry-preaches-at-general-convention-closing-eucharist/ |title=Video: Presiding Bishop-elect Michael Curry preaches at General Convention Closing Eucharist |date=July 3, 2015}}</ref> Curry is known for quoting the "Battle Hymn" during his sermons.

The tune has played a role in many movies where patriotic music has been required, including the 1970 [[World War II]] war comedy ''[[Kelly's Heroes]]'', and the 1999 sci-fi western ''[[Wild Wild West]]''. Words from the first verse gave [[John Steinbeck]]'s wife Carol Steinbeck the title of his 1939 masterpiece ''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=DeMott |first=Robert |title=Robert DeMott's Introduction to ''The Grapes of Wrath'' |year=1992|publisher=Viking Penguin |place=USA|isbn=0-14-018640-9 |page=xviii |url=https://archive.org/details/grapesofwrath00stei_t28}}</ref> The title of [[John Updike]]'s ''[[In the Beauty of the Lilies]]'' also came from this song, as did ''Terrible Swift Sword'' and ''Never Call Retreat'', two volumes in [[Bruce Catton]]'s ''Centennial History of the Civil War''. ''Terrible Swift Sword'' is also the name of a [[board wargame]] simulating the [[Battle of Gettysburg]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3577/terrible-swift-sword-the-battle-of-gettysburg |title=Terrible Swift Sword: The Battle of Gettysburg – Board Game |publisher=BoardGameGeek |access-date=2012-08-05}}</ref>

The opening line of the song is referenced in [[The Smiths]]' 1983 song "These Things Take Time," where it is quoted as "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the sacred wunderkind".<ref>{{cite web |title=These Things Take Time - lyrics |url=http://www.passionsjustlikemine.com/lyrics/smiths-tttt.htm |website=Passions Just Like Mine |access-date=12 January 2025}}</ref>

Words from the second last line of the last verse are paraphrased in [[Leonard Cohen]]'s song "Steer Your Way".<ref>"You Want It Darker" Columbia Records, released Oct. 21, 2016</ref> It was originally published as a poem in ''[[The New Yorker]]'' magazine.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Steer Your Way |magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/20/steer-your-way-by-leonard-cohen?}}</ref> "As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free" becomes "As He died to make men holy, let us die to make things cheap".

=== In association with soccer ===
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The refrain "Glory, glory, hallelujah!" has been adopted by fans of a number of sporting teams, most notably in the English and Scottish Premier Leagues. The popular use of the tune by [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Under-21s and Academy|Tottenham Hotspur]] can be traced to September 1961 during the [[1961–62 European Cup]]. Their first opponents in the competition were the Polish side [[Górnik Zabrze]], and the Polish press described the Spurs team as "no angels" due to their rough tackling. In the return leg at [[White Hart Lane]], some fans then wore angel costumes at the match holding placards with slogans such as "Glory be to shining White Hart Lane", and the crowded started singing the refrain "Glory, glory, hallelujah" as Spurs beat the Poles 8–1, starting the tradition at Tottenham.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/culture/2012/12/glory-glory-nights-official-story-tottenham-hotspur-europe |title=The Glory Glory Nights: The Official Story of Tottenham Hotspur in Europe |first=Martin |last=Cloake |date=December 12, 2012}}</ref> It was released as the B-side to "[[Ossie's Dream (Spurs Are on Their Way to Wembley)|Ossie's Dream]]" for the [[1981 FA Cup final]].

The theme was then picked up by Hibernian, with Hector Nicol's release of the track "Glory, glory to the Hibees" in 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Hector-Nicol-with-the-Kelvin-Country-Dance-Band-Glory-Glory-To-The-Hi-Bees-Hibernian-Supporters-Song/release/12189740 |title= Hector Nicol with the Kelvin Country Dance Band – Glory Glory To The Hi-Bees (Hibernian Supporters Song) (Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single) – Discogs |website= [[Discogs]] |access-date=22 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/2662430-Hector-Nicol |title= Hector Nicol – Discography & Songs – Discogs |website= [[Discogs]] |access-date= 22 March 2019}}</ref> "Glory, Glory Leeds United" was a popular chant during [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds]]' [[1969–70 FA Cup]] run all the way to the [[1970 FA Cup final|final]]. [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] fans picked it up as "Glory, Glory Man United" prior to the [[1983 FA Cup final]].

"We're not Brazil, we're Northern Ireland" is a self-deprecating song popular with fans of the [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland football team]]. The words by Stewart McAfee<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.irishfa.com/news/2018/december/the-songs-that-form-part-of-the-northern-ireland-football-experience | title=The songs that form part of the Northern Ireland football experience }}</ref> celebrate the team's historic successes ("Mine eyes have seen the glory of [[1982 FIFA World Cup|España '82]]"), whilst acknowledging in a witty way that it is not among the giants of world football. A studio recording sung by the team and featuring local broadcasters George Jones and [[Jackie Fullerton]] was released in 2006.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/15476727-Jackie-Fullerton | title=Jackie Fullerton | website=[[Discogs]] }}</ref>

As a result of its popularity with these and other British teams, use of the tune has spread internationally and to other sporting codes. An example of its reach is its popularity with fans of the Australian Rugby League team, the [[South Sydney Rabbitohs]] (Glory, Glory to South Sydney) and to [[A-League Men]] team [[Perth Glory FC|Perth Glory]]. [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton]] fans celebrate their 1970s legend by singing "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord, he played for Brighton and Hove Albion and his name is [[Peter Ward (footballer, born 1955)|Peter Ward]]".{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

===Other songs set to this tune===
Some songs make use of both the melody and elements of the lyrics of "Battle Hymn of the Republic", either in tribute or as a parody:

* "[[Marching Song of the First Arkansas]]" is a [[American Civil War|Civil War]]–era song that has a similar lyrical structure to "Battle Hymn of the Republic". It has been described as "a powerful early statement of [[black pride]], militancy, and desire for full equality, revealing the aspirations of black soldiers for [[Reconstruction era of the United States|Reconstruction]] as well as anticipating the spirit of the [[civil rights movement]] of the 1960s".<ref>Walls, "Marching Song", ''Arkansas Historical Quarterly'' (Winter 2007), 401–402.</ref>
* In another [[American Civil War|Civil War]]–era version of the Battle Hymn, the ''[[8th New York Infantry Regiment|1st German Rifles]]'', mostly [[Forty-eighters]] (48ers) from New York fighting under [[Louis Blenker]] as ''Blenker's Division'', sang (translated) ''"We are Germans and we're fighting for the freedom of the Union, with firm belief in unity just like in '48"'',<ref>{{cite web | title=Wir sind Deutsche und wir kämpfen | url=https://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/Lieder/wirsinde.html }}</ref> referring to the [[Revolutions of 1848 in German states]] after which they emigrated to the US. This version is also used by reenactors<ref>{{cite web | title=Lieder | url=http://www.17thmissouri.de/I/music/songs.htm#The%20Battle%20Hymn%20of%20the%20Republic }}</ref> of the [[17th Missouri Infantry Regiment]] ''[[Turners]]''
* The tune has been used with alternative lyrics numerous times. The [[University of Georgia]]'s rally song, "[[Glory, Glory (fight song)|Glory Glory to Old Georgia]]", is based on the patriotic tune, and has been sung at [[college football|American college football]] games since 1909. Other college teams also use songs set to the same tune. One such is "Glory, Glory to Old [[Auburn, Alabama|Auburn]]" at [[Auburn University]]. Another is "Glory Colorado", traditionally played by the band and sung after [[touchdown]]s scored by the [[Colorado Buffaloes]]. "Glory Colorado" has been a fight song at the University of Colorado (Boulder) for more than one hundred years.
* In 1901 [[Mark Twain]] wrote "[[The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Updated]]", with the same tune as the original, as a comment on the [[Philippine–American War]]. It was later recorded by the [[Chad Mitchell Trio]].
* "The Burning of the School" is a well-known parody of the song.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1988/11/06/where-the-sidewalk-begins/02d41c25-58a3-4987-a331-52becc9fa4f3/ | title = Where the Sidewalk Begins | last = Dirda | first = Michael | date = November 6, 1988 | page = 16 | newspaper = The Washington Post }}</ref>
* The [[United States Army]] [[paratrooper]] song, "[[Blood on the Risers]]", first sung in [[World War II]], includes the lyrics "Gory, gory" in the lyrics, based on the original's "Glory, glory".
* A number of [[Football chant|terrace songs]] (in association football) are sung to the tune in Britain. Most frequently, fans chant [[Glory Glory (football chant)|"Glory, Glory..." plus their team's name]]: the chants have been recorded and released officially as songs by [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]], [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham]], [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] and [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]. The [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994 World Cup]] official song "Gloryland" interpreted by Daryl Hall and the Sounds of Blackness has the tune of "Battle Hymn of the Republic".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lyNR0UMVic | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/9lyNR0UMVic| archive-date=2021-11-02 | url-status=live|title=Gloryland 1994 World Cup Song | date=May 17, 2009|via=YouTube |access-date=2010-09-28}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In Argentina the St. Alban's former Pupils Assn (Old Philomathian Club) used the tune for its "Glory Glory Philomathians" as well. While not heard often nowadays it is still a cherished song for the Old Philomathians.
* In Australia, the song is used by rugby league club the [[South Sydney Rabbitohs]] – "Glory Glory to South Sydney". Each verse ends with, "They wear the Red and Green".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://membership.rabbitohs.com.au/info/rabbitohs-club-song/ |title=Rabbitohs Club Song |publisher=[[South Sydney Rabbitohs]] |access-date=November 6, 2015 |archive-date=October 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026180714/http://membership.rabbitohs.com.au/info/rabbitohs-club-song |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* The parody song "Jesus Can't Play Rugby", popular at informal sporting events, uses the traditional melody under improvised lyrics. Performances typically feature a call-and-response structure, wherein one performer proposes an amusing reason why [[Jesus Christ]] might be disqualified from playing [[Rugby football|rugby]]—e.g. "Jesus can't play rugby 'cause [[God in Christianity|his dad]] will [[Divine intervention|rig the game]]"—which is then repeated back by other participants (mirroring the repetitive structure of "John Brown's Body"), before ending with the tongue-in-cheek proclamation "Jesus saves, Jesus saves, Jesus saves". A chorus may feature the repeated call of "Free beer for all the ruggers", or, after concluding the final verse, "Jesus, we're only kidding".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.shamrockrfc.com/rugby-songs.html |title=Informationen zum Thema Shamrocks Rugby Will County Rugby Chicago Rugby Manhattan Rugby |website=shamrockrfc.com |access-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330080109/http://www.shamrockrfc.com/rugby-songs.html }}</ref>
** A variant of this version is popular at [[Hash House Harriers|Hash House Harrier]] events, proposing reasons why Jesus might be disqualified from running a hash trail—e.g. "Jesus can't go Hashing 'cause the flour [[Five Holy Wounds|falls through his hands]]" or “Jesus can’t go Hashing ‘cause [[Wedding at Cana|he turns the beer to wine]]”. The chorus is similarly changed to "Free beer for all the Hashers", and finally "Jesus, we're only kidding".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://chicagohash.org/hashing-tools/hash-song-book/long-songs/jesus-cant-go-hashing/ | title=Jesus Can't Go Hashing {{!}} Hash Song |publisher=[[Hash House Harriers]] }}</ref>
* A [[protest song]] titled "Gloria, Gloria Labandera" (lit. "Gloria the Washerwoman") was used by supporters of former [[President of the Philippines|Philippine president]] [[Joseph Estrada]] to mock [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]] after the latter assumed the presidency following Estrada's [[Second EDSA Revolution|2001 ouster]] from office. The "''labandera''" imagery was both a jab at her paternal grandmother washing clothes for extra income, and a reference to her own alleged [[money laundering]].<ref name="labandera">{{cite news |title=Gloria doesn't mind 'labandera' tag |url=https://www.philstar.com/other-sections/news-feature/2001/05/05/91586/gloria-doesn146t-mind-145labandera146-tag |date=May 5, 2001 |access-date=September 18, 2020 |department=[[The Philippine Star|Philstar.com]] |publisher=Philstar Global Corp.}}</ref> Arroyo took the nickname in stride and went on to use it for her projects,<ref name="Schaffer">{{Cite web |last=Schaffer |first=Frederic Charles |title=Clean Elections and the Great Unwashed: Vote Buying and Voter Education in the Philippines |url=https://www.ias.edu/sites/default/files/sss/papers/paper21.pdf |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=Institute for Advanced Study}}</ref> though the [[Catholic Church in the Philippines|Catholic Church]] took offence at the parody and called it "obscene".<ref name="vanzi">{{Cite web |last=Vanzi |first=Sol Jose |title=GLORIA PROUD TO BE 'LAHING LABANDERA' |url=http://www.newsflash.org/2001/04/pe/pe001755.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010714175355/http://www.newsflash.org/2001/04/pe/pe001755.htm |archive-date=14 July 2001 |access-date=4 July 2020 |publisher=newsflash.org}}</ref>
* The song "The White Man Marches On" is a rendition using the same melody, written by [[white supremacist]] [[Johnny Rebel (singer)|Johnny Rebel]]. This version contains explicit racist and antisemitic lyrics. It is famously known for having been used in a scene of the 1998 film ''[[American History X]]'' 
* Former Christian singer [[Audrey Assad]] recorded a rewritten version in 2019 called "Your Peace Will Make Us One", keeping the religious themes but removing the violent references.
* [[Quakers|Quaker]] historian [[Margaret Hope Bacon]] wrote a version in honor of Quaker activist [[Lucretia Mott]], in which the chorus is replaced with "Thank thee kindly, friend Lucretia... her light still shines for me!" These lyrics are published in the songbook [[Rise Up Singing|''Rise Up Singing!'']]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lucretia Mott {{!}} Rise Up Singing |url=https://www.riseupsinging.org/songs/lucretia-mott |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=www.riseupsinging.org}}</ref> and the Quaker hymnal ''Worship in Song''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Worship in Song: A Friends Hymnal 281. On the Island of Nantucket she was born beside the sea {{!}} Hymnary.org |url=https://hymnary.org/hymn/WinS1996/281 |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=hymnary.org |language=en}}</ref> 
* The song "Mingle, Mingle, Hallelujah" uses the same tune.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/1199 |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=www.hymnal.net |title=Hymn: God's intention in this universe is with humanity |language=en}}</ref>

Other songs simply use the melody, i.e. the melody of "John Brown's Body", with no lyrical connection to "The Battle Hymn of the Republic":

* "[[Solidarity Forever]]", a marching song for [[organized labor]] in the 20th century.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/usa/whenunio.htm |title= Solidarity Forever: Melody – 'Battle Hymn of the Republic' |first=William |last=Steffe |year=1862 |publisher=Musica net |access-date=2010-07-02}}</ref>
* The anthem of the American [[consumers' cooperative]] movement, "[[The Battle Hymn of Cooperation]]", written in 1932.
* The tune has been used as a marching song in the Finnish military with the words "''Kalle-Kustaan muori makaa hiljaa haudassaan, ja yli haudan me marssimme näin''{{-"}} ("Carl Gustaf's hag lies silently in her grave, and we're marching over the grave like this").<ref>Uppo-Nalle (1991), Suomen kansallisfilmografia (2004), on ELONET, National Audiovisual Archive and the Finnish Board of Film Classification, {{cite web |url=http://79.141.150.54/title/ek2xf3/muut |title=ELONET - Uppo-Nalle - Muut tiedot |access-date=2014-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914181159/http://79.141.150.54/title/ek2xf3/muut |archive-date=September 14, 2014 }}</ref>
* The Finnish Ice Hockey fans can be heard singing the tune with the lyrics "Suomi tekee kohta maalin, eikä kukaan sille mitään voi" ("Finland will soon score, and no one can do anything about it").<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDRcEH9kHOA | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/nDRcEH9kHOA| archive-date=2021-11-02 | url-status=live|title=Varski Varjola – Suomi tekee kohta maalin (2011) |date=March 14, 2011 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* The Estonian song "Kalle Kusta" uses the melody as well.
* The Swedish [[Snapsvisa|drinking song]] {{lang|sv|Halta Lotta}} (lit. "Limping Lotta") – referring to a pub in [[Gothenburg]] – uses the melody. The song tells how much a drink is worth at the pub in question (either 8 or 15 [[öre]], depending on the version), how one can pay with kisses if one cannot afford a drink, how the recipient of these kisses is the [[landlady]]'s sister given that the landlady is dead, where the landlady is buried and how her [[Desecration of graves|grave is desecrated]] by urinating dogs and how her body decays, eventually leading to the [[nationalization]] of the pub, which [[Price gouging|drives the prices up]] to 50 öre.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://minata.tripod.com/visa_7_jul.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613085236/https://minata.tripod.com/visa_7_jul.html | archive-date=2021-06-13 | url-status=live | title=Dagens visa; 1999 juli 7 | date= July 7, 1999 | access-date=2023-05-11}}</ref>
* The folk dance "Gólya" ("Stork"), known in several Hungarian-speaking communities in Transylvania (Romania), as well as in Hungary proper, is set to the same tune. The same dance is found among the [[Csángó]]s of Moldavia with a different tune, under the name "Hojna"; with the Moldavian melody generally considered original, and the "Battle Hymn" tune a later adaptation.{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}}
* The melody is used in [[French Canadians|French Canadian]] Christmas [[carol (music)|carol]] called "Glory, Alleluia", covered by [[Celine Dion]] and others.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Céline Dion chante noël |url=https://www.celinedion.com/discography/celine-dion-chante-noel/ |access-date=2020-11-24 |publisher=celinedion.com}}</ref>
* The melody is used in the marching song of the Assam Regiment of the Indian Army: "[[Badluram Ka Badan]]", or "Badluram's Body", its chorus being "Shabash Hallelujah" instead of "Glory Hallelujah". The word "Shabash" in Hindustani means "congratulations" or "well done".
* The song "[[Belfast Brigade]]" using alternate lyrics is sung by the Lucky4 in support of the Irish Republican Army.
* The song "[[Up Went Nelson]]", celebrating the destruction of [[Nelson's Pillar]] in [[Dublin]], is sung to this tune.
* The Discordian Handbook ''[[Principia Discordia]]'' has a version of the song called Battle Hymn of the Eristocracy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://principiadiscordia.com/book/18.php|title=Principia Discordia – Page 11|website=Principia Discordia}}</ref> It has been recorded for example by [[Aarni]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6EVPv_vpWU | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/c6EVPv_vpWU| archive-date=2021-11-02 | url-status=live|title=Aarni – The Battle Hymn Of Eristocracy |date=October 23, 2011 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* The [[Subiaco Football Club]], in the [[West Australian Football League]], uses the song for their team song. Also, the [[Casey Demons]] in the [[Victorian Football League]] also currently use the song. The words have been adjusted due to the song mainly being written during the period of time they were called the Casey Scorpions and the Springvale Football Club. As well as these two clubs, the [[West Torrens Football Club]] used the song until 1990, when their successor club, [[Woodville-West Torrens Football Club|Woodville-West Torrens]], currently use this song in the [[South Australian National Football League]]. The [[Broadbeach Cats]] also employ this melody for their theme song. Clarence Kangaroos and Wanderer Eagles use this as well.
* The [[Brisbane Bears]], before they merged with the [[Fitzroy Football Club]], used the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" in experiment mode before eventually scrapping it in favour of the original song.
* The melody is used in the well-known Dutch children's song "Lief klein konijntje". The song is about a cute little rabbit that has a fly on his nose. The British adaptation of the lyrics is thought to be "Little Peter Rabbit".<ref>{{Citation |title=Little Peter rabbit song |publisher=Book trust |place=UK |url=http://fileserver.booktrust.org.uk/usr/resources/659/s2-little-peter-rabbit-song.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102070615/http://fileserver.booktrust.org.uk/usr/resources/659/s2-little-peter-rabbit-song.pdf |archive-date=2013-11-02 }}</ref>
* The melody is used as the theme for the Japanese electronics chain [[Yodobashi Camera]].
* The melody is used in several Japanese [[nursery rhyme]]s, including ともだち讃歌 (''Tomodachi Sanka'': "Hymn to Friendship") and ごんべさんの赤ちゃん (''Gonbe-san no aka-chan'': "Mr. Gonbei's baby"),<ref>{{cite web |title=ごんべさんの赤ちゃん - (Gonbei-san no aka-chan) |url=https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=4436 |website=Mama Lisa's World: Children's Songs and Rhymes from Around the World |access-date=11 June 2024}}</ref> which roughly corresponds to the "John Brown's baby has a cold upon his chest" version of ''[[John Brown's Body]]''.
*The melody has been used as a [[fight song]] in [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]], named "[[Oil Thigh]]".<ref>{{cite web |title=Oil Thigh |url=https://www.queensu.ca/encyclopedia/o/oil-thigh |website=Queen's online encyclopedia |publisher=Queen's Webmaster |access-date=16 October 2020}}</ref>
*The melody is used as [[Christmas carol]]s in Indonesia, named "Nunga Jumpang Muse Ari Pesta I" in Batak Toba language, "Sendah Jumpa Kita Wari Raya E" in Karo language and "Sudah Tiba Hari Raya Yang Kudus" in Indonesian (all three translate as "Christmas Day is Coming").<ref>{{cite web |title=KEE 114 Sendah Jumpa Kita Wari Raya E |url=https://www.gbkpkm8.com/2019/03/kee-114-sendah-jumpa-kita-wari-raya-e.html |website=GBKP KM 8 |access-date=12 April 2022 |language=id}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=NUNGA JUMPANG MUSE ARI PESTA (BE 57) |url=https://alkitab.app/BE/57 |website=Alkitab by Sabda |access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SUDAH TIBA HARI RAYA YANG KUDUS (BN 57) |url=https://alkitab.app/BN/57 |website=Alkitab by Sabda |access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref>
*The melody is used in "Hãy tiếp tục đoàn kết với Việt Nam" (Let's continue to unite with Vietnam), a song about [[Sino-Vietnamese War|Sino-Vietnamese war of 1979]]<ref>{{Citation |title="Hãy tiếp tục đoàn kết với Việt Nam" - Vietnamese War Song | date=March 14, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lwgaVpbaNM |language=en |access-date=2022-10-22 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
*The melody is used in "[[Godiva's Hymn]]", a traditional drinking song for North American Engineers.
*In 1970, folk/pop singer [[Melanie (singer)|Melanie]] used the melody for a hit single, "Psychotherapy," on her live concert album ''[[Leftover Wine]]''.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmU2D47uf4Y |title=Psychotherapy (Live) |date=2017-04-08 |last=Melanie - Topic |access-date=2025-09-03 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
*The melody is used as the prominent theme in [[Mickey Newbury|Mickey Newbury's]] 1972 song "[[An American Trilogy]]", a patriotic medley popularized by [[Elvis Presley]]. The song was often used as a showstopper for Presley's concerts.

===Other settings of the text===
Irish composer [[Ina Boyle]] set the text for solo soprano, mixed choir and orchestra; she completed her version in 1918.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inaboyle.org/compositions/|title=Works with Orchestra|access-date=December 14, 2016}}</ref>
The British Methodist Hymn Book used in the mid 20th century had [[Walford Davies]]'s "Vision" as the first tune, and the "Battle Hymn" as the second tune.<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Methodist Conference Office| last = Methodist Conference| title = The Methodist hymn-book with tunes| location = London| date = 1933| at = Number 260}}</ref>

The [[progressive metal]] band [[Dream Theater]] utilise the lyrics of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" at the end of their song "In the Name of God", the final song on their 2003 album [[Train of Thought (Dream Theater album)|Train of Thought]].

==See also==
* "[[Battle Cry of Freedom]]"
* "[[Belfast Brigade]]"
* "[[Blood on the Risers]]"
* [[Children's street culture]]
* [[Glory, Glory (fight song)|"Glory, Glory" (Georgia fight song)]]
* "[[Over There]]"
* "[[Solidarity Forever]]"
* [[William Weston Patton]]
* "[[Dixie (song)|Dixie]]", the Confederate equivalent.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
* {{Citation | first = George | last = Kimball | title = Origin of the John Brown Song | journal =[[The New England Magazine]]| series = new | volume = 1 | year = 1890 | url = https://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/pageviewer?root=%2Fmoa%2Fnewe%2Fnewe0007%2F&tif=00379.TIF&cite=http%3A%2F%2Fcdl.library.cornell.edu%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmoa%2Fmoa-cgi%3Fnotisid%3DAFJ3026-0007-61&coll=moa&frames=1&view=50 | publisher = Cornell University}}.

== Further reading ==
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* Claghorn, Charles Eugene, "Battle Hymn: The Story Behind ''The Battle Hymn of the Republic''". Papers of the [[Hymn Society in the United States and Canada|Hymn Society of America]], XXIX.
* Clifford, Deborah Pickman. ''Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Biography of Julia Ward Howe''. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1978. {{ISBN|0316147478}}.
* Collins, Ace. ''Songs Sung, Red, White, and Blue: The Stories Behind America's Best-Loved Patriotic Songs''. HarperResource, 2003. {{ISBN|0060513047}}.
* Hall, Florence Howe. [https://books.google.com/books?id=EmNLAAAAMAAJ ''The Story of the Battle Hymn of the Republic''] (Harper, 1916).
* Hall, Roger Lee. ''Glory, Hallelujah: Civil War Songs and Hymns'', Stoughton: PineTree Press, 2012.
* Jackson, ''Popular Songs of Nineteenth-Century America'', note on "Battle Hymn of the Republic", pp.&nbsp;263–64.
* McWhirter, Christian. ''Battle Hymns: The Power and Popularity of Music in the Civil War.'' Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2012. {{ISBN|1469613670}}.
* [[Percy Scholes|Scholes, Percy A.]] "John Brown's Body", ''The Oxford Companion of Music''. Ninth edition. London: Oxford University Press, 1955.
* Snyder, Edward D. "The Biblical Background of the 'Battle Hymn of the Republic,'" ''New England Quarterly'' (1951) 24#2, pp.&nbsp;231–238. {{JSTOR|361364}}.
* Stauffer, John, and Benjamin Soskis. ''The Battle Hymn of the Republic: A Biography of the Song That Marches On'' (Oxford University Press; 2013) {{ISBN|978-0-19-933958-7}}. 380 pages. Traces the history of the melody and lyrics & shows how the hymn has been used on later occasions.
* Stutler, Boyd B. ''Glory, Glory, Hallelujah! The Story of "John Brown's Body" and "Battle Hymn of the Republic"''. Cincinnati: The C. J. Krehbiel Co., 1960. {{OCLC|3360355}}.
* Vowell, Sarah. "John Brown's Body," in ''The Rose and the Briar: Death, Love and Liberty in the American Ballad''. Ed. by Sean Wilentz and Greil Marcus. New York: W. W. Norton, 2005. {{ISBN|0393059545}}.
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==External links==
{{wikisource|Battle Hymn of the Republic}}
{{commons category|Battle Hymn of the Republic}}

===Sheet music===
* {{cantorion|pieces/1918/Battle_Hymn_of_the_Republic|The Battle Hymn of the Republic}}
* [http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/hasm_a6037/ 1917 Sheet Music] at [[Duke University]] as part of the [[American Memory]] collection of the [[Library of Congress]]
* [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/richards/howe/battle.html The Battle Hymn of the Republic. Facsimile of first draft]

===Audio===
* [http://www.library.ucsb.edu/OBJID/Cylinder7867 "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"], Stevenson & Stanley (Edison Amberol 79, 1908)—''[http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/index.php Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project]''.
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21566/21566-h/music/battlehymn.midi MIDI] for The Battle Hymn of the Republic from Project Gutenberg<!--From: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21566-->
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHVZK7nFYRQ The Battle Hymn of the Republic] sung at [[Washington National Cathedral]], mourning the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]].
* {{Internet Archive short film|id=gov.dod.dimoc.30155|name=A NATION SINGS (1963)}}

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