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Stedman and Hutchinson, comps. A Library of American Literature:
An Anthology in Eleven Volumes. 1891.
Vols. IX–XI: Literature of the Republic, Part IV., 1861–1889

Popular Songs and Ballads of the Civil War: Northern I: Union Army Chorus

By Anonymous

[The following lyrics, for various and specific reasons, have been selected for arrangement under one head. Other notable poems of the Civil War will be found elsewhere in this work,—from the pens of Boker, Brownell, Duganne, Finch, Halpine, Hayne, Mrs. Howe, Longfellow, Lowell, Palmer, Randall, Ryan, Stoddard, Thompson, Ticknor, Whitman, Whittier, F. Willson, Winter, Work, and other writers of the period.

[Lyrics of Loyalty; Songs of the Soldiers; Personal and Political Ballads. Edited by Frank Moore. 1864.—Poetry of the Civil War. Edited by Richard Grant White. 1866.—The Southern Poems of the War. Collected by Emily V. Mason. 1867.—The Southern Amaranth. Edited by Sallie A. Brock. 1869.—Songs and Ballads of the Southern People. 1861–65. Edited by Frank Moore. 1886.—Bugle Echoes. Edited by Francis F. Browne. 1886.—The Songs of the War. By Brander Matthews, in The Century Magazine. 1887.—Our War Songs, North and South. Compiled and Edited by C. S. Brainard. 1887.]

JOHN BROWN’S body lies a-mouldering in the grave;

John Brown’s body lies a-mouldering in the grave;

John Brown’s body lies a-mouldering in the grave;

His soul is marching on!

Glory, halle—hallelujah! Glory, halle—hallelujah!

Glory, halle—hallelujah!

His soul is marching on!

He’s gone to be a soldier in the army of the Lord!(thrice)

His soul is marching on!

John Brown’s knapsack is strapped upon his back!(thrice)

His soul is marching on!

His pet lambs will meet him on the way;(thrice)

As they go marching on!

They will hang Jeff Davis to a sour-apple tree!(thrice)

As they march along!

Now, three rousing cheers for the Union!(thrice)

As we are marching on!

Glory, halle—hallelujah! Glory, halle—hallelujah!

Glory, halle—hallelujah!

Hip, hip, hip, hip, Hurrah!

The Rank and File. 1861.