《約翰·布朗之軀》（原名為「約翰·布朗之歌」）是美國南北戰爭時期的一首著名進行曲。它是為了紀念美國廢奴主義運動家約翰·布朗。
部分人士認為，歌曲中的用詞不雅。後世不斷有人創造與貢獻新的歌詞，使其更具有文學色彩。[1]
歌詞
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- John Brown's body lies a mouldering in the grave; (3X)
- His soul's marching on!
- (Chorus)
- Glory, halle—hallelujah! Glory, halle—hallelujah!
- Glory, halle—hallelujah! his soul's marching on!
- He's gone to be a soldier in the army of the Lord! (3X)
- His soul's marching on!
- (Chorus)
- John Brown's knapsack is strapped upon his back! (3X)
- His soul's marching on!
- (Chorus)
- His pet lambs will meet him on the way; (3X)
- They go marching on!
- (Chorus)
- They will hang Jeff Davis to a sour apple tree! (3X)
- As they march along!
- (Chorus)
- Now, three rousing cheers for the Union; (3X)
- As we are marching on!
William Weston Patton 所作：
- Old John Brown’s body lies moldering in the grave,
- While weep the sons of bondage whom he ventured all to save;
- But tho he lost his life while struggling for the slave,
- His soul is marching on.
- John Brown was a hero, undaunted, true and brave,
- And Kansas knows his valor when he fought her rights to save;
- Now, tho the grass grows green above his grave,
- His soul is marching 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, they themselves the traitor crew,
- But his soul is marching on.
- John Brown was John the Baptist of the Christ we are to see,
- Christ who of the bondmen shall the Liberator be,
- And soon thruout the Sunny South the slaves shall all be free,
- For his soul is marching on.
- The conflict that he heralded he looks from heaven to view,
- On the army of the Union with its flag red, white and blue.
- And heaven shall ring with anthems o’er the deed they mean to do,
- For his soul is marching on.
- Ye soldiers of Freedom, then strike, while strike ye may,
- The death blow of oppression in a better time and way,
- For the dawn of old John Brown has brightened into day,
- And his soul is marching on.
延伸閱讀
- Scholes, Percy A. (1955). "John Brown's Body", The Oxford Companion of Music. Ninth edition. London: Oxford University Press.
- Stutler, Boyd B. (1960). Glory, Glory, Hallelujah! The Story of "John Brown's Body" and "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Cincinnati: The C. J. Krehbiel Co.
- Vowell, Sarah. (2005). "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.
參考
- Randall, Annie J. A Censorship of Forgetting: Origins and Origin Myths of 'Battle Hymn of the Republic'. Music, Power, and Politics. New York: Routledge. 2005: 5. ISBN 0415943647. OCLC 54079486.[失效連結]
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