Re: Racefail - Usenet Uber Alles

In the Year of the Earth Ox, the Great and Powerful Gene declared:

Lincoln remarked in his second inaugural address that slavery somehow seemed to root cause of it all. It caused the US to split into different societies, which meant it became less a civil war and more a matter of us against them. And ideas matter. Ideology is terribly important--much more so than you are willing to grant. If you want something that truly should have scared the living hell out of the Confederacy, consider this:

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.


I prefer the original:

John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave; (3X)
His soul's marching on!

Glory, 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!


Glory, halle—hallelujah! Glory, halle—hallelujah!
Glory, halle—hallelujah! his soul's marching on!

John Brown's knapsack is strapped upon his back! (3X)
His soul's marching on!

Glory, halle—hallelujah! Glory, halle—hallelujah!
Glory, halle—hallelujah! his soul's marching on!

His pet lambs will meet him on the way; (3X)
They go marching on!

Glory, halle—hallelujah! Glory, halle—hallelujah!
Glory, halle—hallelujah! his soul's marching on!

They will hang Jeff Davis to a sour apple tree! (3X)
As they march along!

Glory, halle—hallelujah! Glory, halle—hallelujah!
Glory, halle—hallelujah! his soul's marching on!


--
Sean O'Hara <http://www.diogenes-sinope.blogspot.com>
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