Battle Hymn of the Republic
Hymn Information
Folder: Main IV, no. 22
Tune used, name: 'Battle Hymn of the Republic'
Composer: from an American camp meeting tune in the 19th century, attributed to Steffe, William (1830–1890)
Lyricist: Howe, Julia Ward (1819–1910); written in 1862
Source used for representative text: from hymnary.org, Our Great Redeemer's Praise #283
Resources and Audios
Sheet music, project file and MIDI:
Audio files (separate parts for Lead, Accompaniment I, Accompaniment II and Bass):
Audio file (all parts combined):
Representative Text
1
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.
Refrain:
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.
2
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 the righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps;
His day is marching on. [Refrain]
3
He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;
He is sifting out the hearts of all before His judgment seat;
O be swift, my soul, to answer Him; be jubilant, my feet!
Our God is marching on. [Refrain]
4
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 us holy, let us die that all be free,
while God is marching on. [Refrain]