This man didn't have to give his life to end slavery. He wasn't a slave himself. But still, he was ready to die to save other people. He saw injustice and he knew he had to do something. And there's nothing I can respect more than that. Rest in f*cking Power, John Brown.
"Here before God, in the presence of these witnesses, I consecrate my life to the destruction of slavery." "I have no doubt that our seeming disaster will ultimately result in the most glorious success. I have been whipped, but I am sure I can recover all the lost capital by only hanging a few moments by the neck." -- John Brown
" His zeal in the cause of freedom was infinitely superior to mine. Mine was as the taper light, his was as the burning sun. Mine was bounded by time. His stretched away to the silent shores of eternity. I could speak for the slave; John Brown could fight for the slave. I could live for the slave; John Brown could die for the slave. " -Frederick Douglass on John Brown, May 30, 1881
Sad thing, is that among those condfederate monuments there are only few of a man, who lost his son and his own life in the struggle to abolish slavery.
In elementary school, my class took a trip to Harpers Ferry and we were taught "history". The way they described it was that John Brown raided and terrorized the citizens of harpers ferry and the might Army came and killed him. It was like John Brown was the terrorist in that situation. I went back years later and learned what he actually did. I love John Brown
Great work! The only way it could be better is if it had the last verse, which I think fits a socialist context to a T: “Now soldiers all of freedom, strike, while strike you may, A death blow to oppression, for a better time and way, For the dawn of old John Brown has brightened into day, And his soul goes marching on!”
@@MonsieurJack95 There's about a billion versions of John Brown's Body. That verse comes from a rework of the song with very elevated lyrics. ctrl+f "William W. Patton" www.american-historama.org/1850-1860-secession-era/john-browns-body.htm
John Brown's body lies a-mold'ring in the grave John Brown's body lies a-mold'ring in the grave John Brown's body lies a-mold'ring in the grave But his soul goes marching on Glory, Glory! Hallelujah! Glory, Glory! Hallelujah! Glory, Glory! Hallelujah! His soul is marching on The stars above in Heaven now are looking kindly down The stars above in Heaven now are looking kindly down The stars above in Heaven now are looking kindly down On the grave of old John Brown Glory, Glory! Hallelujah! Glory, Glory! Hallelujah! Glory, Glory! Hallelujah! His soul is marching on He captured Harper's Ferry with his nineteen men so true He frightened old Virginia till she trembled through and through They hanged him for a traitor, they themselves the traitor crew But his soul is marching on Glory, Glory! Hallelujah! Glory, Glory! Hallelujah! Glory, Glory! Hallelujah! His soul goes marching on America's working folk are all remembering of the spot America's working folk are all remembering of the spot America's working folk are all remembering of the spot It's the grave of old John Brown Glory, Glory! Hallelujah! Glory, Glory! Hallelujah! Glory, Glory! Hallelujah! His soul goes marching on / When the union's inspiration through the workers' blood shall run There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun Yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one But the union makes us strong Solidarity forever Solidarity forever Solidarity forever For the union makes us strong It is we who plowed the prairies, built the cities where they trade Dug the mines and built the workshops, endless miles of railroad laid Now we stand outcast and starving midst the wonders we have made But the union makes us strong Solidarity forever Solidarity forever Solidarity forever For the union makes us strong They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn But without our brain and muscle not a single wheel can turn We can break their haughty power, gain our freedom when we learn That the union makes us strong Solidarity forever Solidarity forever Solidarity forever For the union makes us strong In our hands is placed a power greater than their hoarded gold Greater than the might of atoms, magnified a thousand fold We can bring to birth a new world from the ashes of the old For the union makes us strong Solidarity forever Solidarity forever Solidarity forever For the union makes us strong Solidarity forever Solidarity forever Solidarity forever For the union makes us strong Glory, Glory! Hallelujah! Glory, Glory! Hallelujah! Glory, Glory! Hallelujah! For the union makes us strong
@@LukyPukyBear Incorrect. Obama and Biden built I.C.E. as a 72 hour detention center, where children WOULD BE WITH THEIR GOD DAMN PARENTS. And after 24 hours - 72 hours, the immigrant would be given a trial. Now Trump just uses them to separate kids from their parents and remove women's uteruses.
If anyone is interested, there is an alternate history novel where John Brown, in cooperation with Harriet Tubman, succeeds at Harper's Ferry. It's called "Fire on the Mountain" by Terry Bisson. Give it a read if you have a chance!
Not gonna lie, I could join a labor union and have to help build the Egyptian pyramids all over again, but if music like this was the one thing we had, then I would be perfectly fine with it.
Hey I really love your cover of both songs ! I wanted to ask you a favor I live in France and I'm currently in quarantine with COVID and I don't have much to do in order to pass time. So I started a documentary project explaining the root causes of the American civil war. See In France the narrative about the conflict is very backward. Pretty much all the sources you can find are basically the Lost Cause of the Confederacy, explaining that the conflict had nothing to do with slavery, that it was because of states rights, tarifs etc... Even on Wikipedia where most people get their sources, this narrative is present. The KKK page even talks about the clan in a positive light... My idea was to make a 20 minute long documentary in french explaining the true causes of the conflict. Therefore I wanted to use your music to illustrate a segment about John Brown and Bleeding Kansas. Of course you would be credited for your work, but to be honest I don't expect the video to be a massive hit and I doubt I'd be able to monetize it so I can't really compensate you. I know it takes a lot of investment and money to make content like yours so I would completely understand if you were not okay with that. It's just that I think it's good cause and the topic is dear to my heart, and so is your music. Anyways, whatever your answer is, keep up the good work with those amazing songs and covers! Cheers!
"zeal in the cause of freedom was infinitely superior to mine. Mine was as the taper light, his was as the burning sun... I could speak for the slave. John Brown could fight for the slave. i could live for the slave. John Brown could die for the slave --Frederick Douglass
I'm gonna ask you a question, I have recently composed a rewrite of John Brown's Body/The Battle Hymn of the Republic, I titled it "The Long March of the People's Republic" if you would like me to post it here, for you to pursue, I'm a poet, if you need anything, I've been writing for over fifteen years now; plenty of Left works.
@@MonsieurJack95 Long March Of The Peoples’ Republic ¡Glory glory hallelujah! ¡Glory glory hallelujah! ¡Glory glory hallelujah! ¡His truth is marching on! John Brown’s body lies a’moldering in the grave John Brown’s body lies a’moldering in the grave John Brown’s body lies a’moldering in the grave ¡Yet his soul goes marching on! He’s gone to be a soldier in the army of the Lord He’s is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored He’s has loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword ¡As his soul goes marching on! ¡Glory glory hallelujah! ¡Glory glory hallelujah! ¡Glory glory hallelujah! ¡John Brown goes marching on! The stars above in heaven are a’looking kindly down The stars above in heaven are a’looking kindly down The stars above in heaven are a’looking kindly down ¡On the grave of old John Brown! For John Brown was a hero, undaunted, true, and brave And the world knew his valor when he fought to free the slaves And though today the grass grows lush and green above his grave ¡His soul is marching on! ¡Glory glory hallelujah! ¡Glory glory hallelujah! ¡Glory glory hallelujah! ¡John Brown goes marching on! John Brown’s rucksack is strapped upon his back John Brown’s rucksack is strapped upon his back John Brown’s rucksack is strapped upon his back ¡As his soul is marching on! I have read his fiery gospel in the dim and flaring lamps With his figure in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps We have builded him an alter in the evening dews and damps ¡For his soul is marching on! ¡Glory glory hallelujah! ¡Glory glory hallelujah! ¡Glory glory hallelujah! ¡John Brown is marching on! He’s hero to the oppressed, he’s a hero to the youth He’s hero to the oppressed, he’s a hero to the youth He’s hero to the oppressed, he’s a hero to the youth ¡And his soul goes marching on! Say brothers, will you meet us, by God’s grace we will meet you We are soldiers bound to Freedom, tripping up Oppression’s boot We will hoist the tyrants high and into Hell we’ll cast them too ¡John Brown is marching on! ¡Glory glory hallelujah! ¡Glory glory hallelujah! ¡Glory glory hallelujah! ¡His soul goes marching on! Come and march with us together Come and march with us together Come and march with us together ¡For his soul is marching on! Oh, the world is suffering, filled with poverty and pain And the day has come for freedom from the curse of private gain For all must live the liberty of Communism’s reign ¡Together we march on! ¡Glory glory hallelujah! ¡Glory glory hallelujah! ¡Glory glory hallelujah! ¡As we go marching on! Solidarity forever Solidarity forever Solidarity forever ¡In truth we will march on! We have sounded forth a trumpet that will never die away We cast down the cruel and mighty and give succor to the brave And we will fight for freedom come what must and come what may ¡In glory we march on! ¡Glory glory hallelujah! ¡Glory glory hallelujah! ¡Glory glory hallelujah! ¡For we are marching on! We, together, lift the world We, together, lift the world We, together, lift the world ¡For we go marching on! In our hands is placed a power greater than those tyrants’ gold Greater than their vile armies crushing people drove by drove We will bring to birth a new world from the ashes of the old ¡Together we march on! ¡Glory glory hallelujah! ¡Glory glory hallelujah! ¡Glory glory hallelujah! ¡We’re marching strong and on! We are Revolution’s history We are Revolution’s history We are Revolution’s history ¡We march with old John Brown! Midst the beauty of the lilies was his body placed to rest He was in the arms of angels when the hangman wrung his neck Though the tyrants wished to kill him, now his memory resurrects ¡John Brown goes marching on! ¡Glory glory hallelujah! ¡Glory glory hallelujah! ¡Glory glory hallelujah! ¡His truth is marching on!
@@MonsieurJack95 My apologies for its length, you may modify as you wish. Again, if you need other things, original Left poetic works, I've got that in spades, though I'm not much of a song writer, though, that may allow you some musical creative liberty in interpretation; Art being a collaborative effort anyway.
This sounded really good, i think something you could do at the end to kinda weave them together could be "solidarity and glory, for the union and john brown." Either way super cool.
It’s songs like this that give me hope. It reminds me that not all riots are bad ones. I guess it really depends on wether the cause is to end a conflict, or to start a new one.
4:19 Greater than the might of- what??? Song goes "greater than the might of atoms" I'm hearing "greater than the might of hobbits" or is that "comets"? the latter kinda works, I guess.
@@anguish998 in 9 years I've earned nearly half a mill. Work hard and you get what you put in. Theres no explotioan by the capitalist, only by the Governmemt.
@@anguish998 naw Ford did more for the workers than any pinko did. If unions brought the right to organize how tf did the unions organize to begin with.
@@anguish998 and no I went to school to be a sailor. I work without a union. If it wasnt for the union I would be taking home more pay insted of the "mandatory union dues"
@@levipierson4946 there are multiple cases of the US government literally going to war with workers, particularly miners, for trying to organize or going on strike
