EPISODE NOTES:
Today we are going to learn about a famous patriotic poem. This poem was written in 1861, by Julia Ward Howe. Listen to hear the story of this amazing hymn.
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MUSIC CREDITS:
The United States Army Field Band performs the famous Civil War-era piece, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
Lyrics: Julia Ward Howe
Music: William Steffe
Setting: Peter J. Wilhousky
Arrangement: James Neilson
Conductor: 1st Lt. Alexandra Borza
Lyrics
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword;
His truth is marching on.
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 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.
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me;
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free!
While God is marching on.
