SONG · BEGINNER PUBLIC DOMAIN

Battle Hymn of the Republic

Traditional (John Brown's Body tune family) · also known as Glory Glory Hallelujah, Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory, John Brown's Body

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BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC — MELODY + ACCOMPANIMENT Engraved with Verovio (verovio.org)

DIFFICULTY: Beginner
BARS: 17
SECTIONS: 3
TEMPO: ♩ = 112
MELODY NOTES: 81
PARTS: Melody + chords

PUBLIC DOMAIN

The tune is the traditional camp-meeting melody of the John Brown's Body song family (in print 1861); Julia Ward Howe's Battle Hymn text followed in 1862. Tune only; no lyrics ship. Public domain. Melody encoded from a public-domain songbook LilyPond edition.

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