{"id":4440,"date":"2021-11-10T04:09:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T04:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=4440"},"modified":"2025-11-21T06:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T06:00:08","slug":"battle-hymn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/battle-hymn\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle Hymn of the Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre class=\"tK8GG Ty_RP\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"> \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n<span class=\"fsG7q\">Mine [C] eyes have seen the glory of the [C7] coming of the Lord;   <\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\">He is [F] trampling out the vintage where the [C] grapes of wrath are [G7] stored;\r\n<\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\">He hath [C]loosed the fateful [C7]lightning of His [E7] terrible, swift [Am] sword;    <\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\">His truth is [G] marching [C] on.\r\n<\/span> \r\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span class=\"fsG7q\" style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">{ CHORUS }   [C] Glory! Glory! halle-[C7]-lu- jah!   [F] Glory! Glory! halle-[C7]-lu-jah!   <\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">[C] Glory! Glory! halle-[E7]-lu - [Am] jah!  His [G] truth is marching [C] on.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"y68er\"> <span id=\"xyz_ihs_shortcode_3\" class=\"xyz_ihs_copy_shortcode\"><\/span><\/span>\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\nI have\u00a0seen him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps\r\nThey have builded him an altar in the evening dews and damps\r\nI have read his righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps\r\nHis truth is marching on.\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\r\n{ CHORUS }<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"fsG7q\">I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel;\r\n<\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\">\"As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal;\r\n<\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\">Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel,\r\n<\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\">Since God is marching on.\"\r\n<\/span> \r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">{ CHORUS }<\/span> \r\n \r\nI have read a fiery gospel writ in burnish'd rows of steel\r\nAs ye deal with my condemners so with you my grace shall deal\r\nLet the hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel\r\nHis truth is marching on\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span class=\"fsG7q\">{ CHORUS } [C] Glory! Glory! halle-[C7]-lu- jah! [F] Glory! Glory! halle-[C7]-lu-jah! <\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\">[C] Glory! Glory! halle-[E7]-lu - [Am] jah! His [G] truth is marching [C] on.<\/span>\r\n<\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\">\r\nHe has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat, \r\n<\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\">He is sifting out the hearts of men be-fore His judgment seat; \r\n<\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\">Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him!  Be jubilant, my feet! \r\n<\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\">Our God is marching on!\r\n<\/span> \r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">{ CHORUS } \r\n<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"fsG7q\">In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,\r\n<\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\">With a glory in His bosom that trans-figures you and me;\r\n<\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\">As He died to make men holy, let us live to make men free,\r\n<\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\">While God is marching on.\r\n<\/span> \r\n<span class=\"fsG7q\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">{ CHORUS }<\/span> \r\n\r\nWe can almost hear the trumpet sound, the Lord\u2019s return is near;\r\n<\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\">There are still so many people lost, His message they must hear; \r\n<\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\">Father, give us one more moment, One more day, just one more year- \r\n<\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\">With God we\u2019re marching on.\r\n<\/span> \r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span class=\"fsG7q\">{ CHORUS } [C] Glory! Glory! halle-[C7]-lu- jah! [F] Glory! Glory! halle-[C7]-lu-jah! <\/span><span class=\"fsG7q\">[C] Glory! Glory! halle-[E7]-lu - [Am] jah! His [G] truth is marching [C] on.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Verse 1] Mine [C] eyes have seen the glory of the [C7] coming of the Lord; He is [F] trampling out the vintage where the [C] grapes of wrath are [G7] stored; He hath [C]loosed the fateful [C7]lightning of His [E7] terrible, swift [Am] sword; His truth is [G] marching &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/battle-hymn\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Battle Hymn of the Republic<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,126,116,117,115,94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baritone-bill","category-bass-guitar-night","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-live-tenor","category-patriotic-songs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4440\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}