camp-meeting hymn “Say, Brothers, Will You Meet Us”

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The camp-meeting hymn “Say, Brothers, Will You Meet Us” is a 19th-century American religious song whose melody later became famous as the tune of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.”

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instanceOf 19th-century American song ⓘ
Christian hymn ⓘ
camp-meeting hymn ⓘ
associatedWith American Protestantism ⓘ
revivalism ⓘ
associatedWithMovement Second Great Awakening ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
culturalOrigin 19th-century American evangelical culture ⓘ
form strophic song ⓘ
genre camp meeting song ⓘ
religious song ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance example of early American camp-meeting repertoire ⓘ
source of melody for a major American patriotic hymn ⓘ
hasMelodyUsedIn John Brown’s Body ⓘ
The Battle Hymn of the Republic ⓘ
hasNotableLyric "On Canaan’s happy shore" ⓘ
"Say, brothers, will you meet us" ⓘ
"There we’ll shout and sing forever" ⓘ
hasTheme Christian fellowship ⓘ
heavenly meeting ⓘ
salvation ⓘ
hasTuneName Say, Brothers, Will You Meet Us ⓘ
inception 19th century ⓘ
influencedWork John Brown’s Body ⓘ
The Battle Hymn of the Republic ⓘ
language English ⓘ
melodyLaterKnownAs tune of John Brown’s Body ⓘ
tune of The Battle Hymn of the Republic ⓘ
meter common meter ⓘ
performanceContext outdoor religious gatherings ⓘ
revival meetings ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
usedIn American camp meetings ⓘ

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The Battle Hymn of the Republic → basedOn → camp-meeting hymn “Say, Brothers, Will You Meet Us” ⓘ