No. 202 Say Brothers, Rev 173
Heptatonic ionian, mode 3 A + b (I II III IV V VI VII)
Say, brothers, will you meet us?
Say, brothers, will you meet us?
Say, brothers, will you meet us on Canaan’s happy shore?
Glory, glory hallelujah!
Glory, glory hallelujah!
Glory, glory hallelujah!
We are marching on.
Subsequent stanzas are made by substituting for “brothers” the word “sisters” etc., then come phrases like
By the grace of God we’ll meet you, etc.
Where parting is no more.
That will be a happy meeting, etc.
On Canaan’s happy shore.
Jesus lives and reigns forever, etc.
On Canaan’s happy shore.
Glory, glory hallelujah, etc.
Forever, evermore.
This will be recognized as the tune which Julia Ward Howe used for the chorus of her ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic’. It is still popular in the above form in negro churches of the South.