Saturday Song Interlude

Battle Hymn Of The Republic By The 97th Regimental String Band

About two weeks ago I became hyper-focused on this song, its history, who wrote the lyrics, and which version I liked best. I used to think I liked the Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s* version best but that was before I discovered this one.

Many in the YT comments section agree with me—this is it.

For anybody who thinks they don’t like poetry, you do! You like it especially when it is embedded in music.

The history of the various incarnations of the song here.

[This post is for Doug Feldmann.]

*I use the original name of the choir.