《约翰·布朗之躯》（原名为“约翰·布朗之歌”）是美国南北战争时期的一首著名进行曲。它是为了纪念美国廢奴主义运动家约翰·布朗。
部分人士認為，歌曲中的用詞不雅。后世不断有人创造與貢獻新的歌词，使其更具有文学色彩。
歌词
:John Brown's body lies a mouldering in the grave; (3X)
:His soul's marching on!
::(Chorus)
::, halle—hallelujah! Glory, halle—hallelujah!
::Glory, halle—hallelujah! his soul's marching on!
:He's gone to be a soldier in the army of the Lord! (3X)
:His soul's marching on!
::(Chorus)
:John Brown's knapsack is strapped upon his back! (3X)
:His soul's marching on!
::(Chorus)
:His pet lambs will meet him on the way; (3X)
:They go marching on!
::(Chorus)
:They will hang Jeff Davis to a sour apple tree! (3X)
:As they march along!
::(Chorus)
:Now, three rousing cheers for the Union; (3X)
:As we are marching on!
国会图书馆另一版本：
William Weston Patton 所作：
延伸阅读
Scholes, Percy A. (1955). "John Brown's Body", The Oxford Companion of Music*. Ninth edition. London: Oxford University Press.
Stutler, Boyd B. (1960). Glory, Glory, Hallelujah! The Story of "John Brown's Body" and "Battle Hymn of the Republic*." Cincinnati: The C. J. Krehbiel Co.
Vowell, Sarah. (2005). "John Brown's Body," in The Rose and the Briar: Death, Love and Liberty in the American Ballad*. Ed. by Sean Wilentz and Greil Marcus. New York: W. W. Norton.
参考
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注释
外部链接
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060410134216/http://home.att.net/~dmercado/audio/jbb.mid Example version of "John Brown's Body"] (MIDI)
*[http://home.comcast.net/~jay.schmidt/ft.warren/song.html More John Brown Song information]
*[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21566/21566-h/images/johnbrown.pdf Sheet music] for "John Brown's Song", from Project Gutenberg
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