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Owen Brown was an abolitionist
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John was Owen's son
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He grew up in New England
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He was born in Torrington
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John Brown was a tanner
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And a man of many skills
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And he stood up for the workers
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Who toiled in the mills
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He stood up for the Indians
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He stood up for the women
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For the oppressed and the exploited
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This good man stood with them
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So when Kansas was bleeding
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He went and joined the fray
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If the slave-trade wanted Kansas
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Then the slave traders had to pay
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Riding on the Kansas prairie
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With a fine and loyal band
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Glory, Hallelujah
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Beecher's Bible in his hand
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Glory, Hallelujah
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Beecher's Bible in his hand
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With two thousand of New England's
Best and bravest sons
Captain Brown fought in Kansas
With a Bible and a gun
When Free Lawrence was on fire
Lighting up the night
The ruffians would flee
John Brown would stand and fight
Lincoln called him a fanatic
And he was a Christian who
Thought you should do unto others
As you'd have others do unto you
Christ said love your neighbor
And if your neighbor's held in slavery
He was one who felt his duty
Was to fight to set them free
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He drove the slave trade out of Kansas
Then went to bordering Missouri
Raided the plantations
No compromise, said he
Broke the chains and shackles
Rode at night to Canada
Out of the nightmare
The devil's friend, America
He was caught in Harper's Ferry
His family lying dead
They questioned him for hours
As he lay there and bled
They hanged him on the gallows
And laid him in his grave
John Brown was a Christian
And he died to free the slave
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