Battle Hymn of the Republic

I recorded my version of the timeless classic “Battle Hymn of the Republic” in honor of our American Veterans and those serving in the Armed Forces on this Veterans Day. The musical execution could be improved by a better equipped performer, but it is offered with deep gratitude and sincerity.

If you want to hear the most powerful version of the tune in existence, check out this arresting performance by Judy Garland, sung for a 1963 television special honoring the recently slain John F. Kennedy.

Note the ascending key movements. Chills and tears.

As has been often said, we are home of the free because of the brave. Thank you, Veterans.

Battle Hymn of the Republic | Lyrics by Julia Ward Howe

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 has loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword
His truth is marching on.

Chorus:
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.

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 the dim and flaring lamps
His day is marching on.

Chorus

I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnish`d rows of steel,
“As ye deal with my contemnors, so with you my grace shall deal;”
Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel
Since God is marching on.

Chorus

He has sounded from the trumpet that shall never call retreat
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! Be jubilant, my feet!
Our God is marching on.

Chorus

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.

Chorus