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noun
- a long narrative poem (1928) by Stephen Vincent Benét, about the U.S. Civil War.
A song of the Civil War that pays tribute to the abolitionist John Brown (see abolitionism). It begins, “John Brown’s body lies a-moldering in the grave.”
noun
A song of the Civil War that pays tribute to the abolitionist John Brown (see abolitionism). It begins, “John Brown’s body lies a-moldering in the grave.”