Glory glory hallelujah, Our truth goes marching onquote by:
elvis presley (1935-1977) [ALTHOUGH ACTUALLY SUNG BY JAMES DEAN BRADFIELD]
quoted: soundbite in
black garden and in
glory, glorychorus of 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic', of which
elvis presley used lines in his song american trilogy.
The tune was originally a camp-meeting hymn; "Oh brothers, will you meet us on Canaan's happy shore?". It evolved into John Brown's Body. Then in 1861 Julia Ward, Howe wife of a government official, wrote a poem for Atlantic Monthly for five dollars. The magazine called it, 'Battle Hymn of the Republic'. The music may be by William Steffe.
original text:
[...] Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.
I have seen Him in the watchfires
Of a hundred circling camps
They have builded Him an altar
In the evening dews and damps [...]
