The Battle Hymn of the Republic

Verse 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.

Verse 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 his righteous
sentence by thes
dim and flaring lamps;
his day is marching on.

Refrain

Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.

Verse 3

He has sounded forth
the trumpet that shall
never call retreat;
he is sifting out the
hearts of men
before his judgment seat;

O be swift, my soul,
to answer him;
be jubilant, my feet!
Our God is marching on.

Refrain

Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.

Verse 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
men holy, let us
die to make men free,
while God is marching on.

Refrain

Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.

Verse 5

He is coming
like the glory of the
morning on the wave,
he is wisdom
to the mighty, he is
honor to the brave;

so the world
shall be his footstool,
and the soul
of wrong his slave,
Our God is marching on.

Refrain

Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.