John Brown
Well they hung him so high
John Brown
They hung him so high

They thought that they killed him but His Spirit didn't die
When they hung John Brown so high
When they hung John Brown so high

Took him back to New York
Laid his body down
Took him back to New York
And laid his body down

Put him six feet under but his Spirit wasn't found
His Spirit didn't go underground
His Spirit wouldn't go underground

A man approached his land
Asked him for a hand
Asked him if he'd help
Drive out some Indians

John looked him up and down said, "You ask me that again,
My pistol help you understand
You'll never make it off this land

On the underground railroad
He was a stop along the way
The underground railroad
A stop along the way

Anybody's fare he was happy to pay
Said, "Freedom is right this way...."
Freedom is right this way

John Brown and....
Harriet Tubman had a plan
John Brown and
General Tubman had a plan

To see that all's equal, every woman, child, and man
John Brown and Harriet Tubman had a plan
John Brown and General Tubman had a plan

Captured Harper's Ferry
With 19 other men
Captured Harper's Ferry
With 19 other men

Vastly outnumbered, eventually captured and condemned
As a traitor to a true American
A traitor not a true American

The jury found him guilty
On all three counts
The jury found him guilty
On all three counts

Liberty, Life, and Happiness for some only amounts
To guilty on all three counts

A friend approached his cell
Discreet and quietly
Said he'd come back
At midnight and set him free

John looked him up and down, said, "If all men can't be free,
Then neither so shall I be
Neither so shall I be

They marched him to the gallows
And he looked straight ahead
He handed down a note
This is what it read

I hoped to free this land without too much bloodshed,
But it looks like it'll take something' else instead
Yonder comin' something' else instead

They pulled his head high
Lift his feet up off the ground
Stretched his neck wide
Lift his feet up off the ground

Left him sway up there a while 'fore they finally pulled him down
And they thought that they killed John Brown
They really thought that they killed John Brown

Poets tell the tale
Singers sing the song
Of a brave hearted man
Whose spirit marches on

John Brown's body lies buried dead and gone
But His Spirit still marches on
His Spirit still marches on

John Brown
Well they hung him so high
John Brown
They hung him so high

They thought that they killed him but his spirit didn't die
When they hung John Brown so high
His Spirit joined with Jesus in the sky