Say, Brothers, Will You Meet Us

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"Say, Brothers, Will You Meet Us" is a 19th-century American camp meeting hymn best known as the tune that later became associated with "John Brown's Body" and "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."

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Say, Brothers, Will You Meet Us canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century song ⓘ
Christian hymn ⓘ
camp meeting song ⓘ
approximateDate early 19th century ⓘ
associatedWith American camp meeting tradition ⓘ
associatedWithMovement Second Great Awakening ⓘ
associatedWithPractice revivalism ⓘ
circulatedAs oral tradition song ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
culturalSignificance important example of early American revival song ⓘ
source melody for The Battle Hymn of the Republic ⓘ
form strophic song ⓘ
genre gospel precursor ⓘ
religious music ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn American folk music tradition ⓘ
American hymnody ⓘ
hasRefrain Glory, glory, hallelujah ⓘ
hasTheme Christian fellowship ⓘ
religious exhortation ⓘ
salvation ⓘ
hasTuneRelation John Brown's Body ⓘ
linked to: John Brown’s Body

The Battle Hymn of the Republic ⓘ
historicalContext antebellum United States ⓘ
linked to: Antebellum period
influenced American patriotic music ⓘ
Civil War-era songs ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterAssociatedWith American Civil War music ⓘ
melodyUsedFor John Brown's Body ⓘ
linked to: John Brown’s Body

The Battle Hymn of the Republic ⓘ
meter common meter variant ⓘ
musicalStructureFeature call and response ⓘ
notableDerivativeWork John Brown's Body ⓘ
linked to: John Brown’s Body

The Battle Hymn of the Republic ⓘ
performanceContext Methodist camp meetings ⓘ
outdoor religious gatherings ⓘ
regionOfPopularity American South ⓘ
American frontier ⓘ
religiousTradition Protestant Christianity ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
usedIn camp meetings ⓘ

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Say, Brothers, Will You Meet Us → hasTuneName → Say, Brothers, Will You Meet Us ⓘ