Is it true the song "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" was written by a woman?

Watchkeeper

Yes, written by Julia Ward Howe in 1861. http://womenshistory.about.com/library/etext/bl_howe_battle_hymn.htm Sung at the funeral of Sir Winston S Churchill, I would be very wary of dismissing it as "overly silly". Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on. I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps, They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps; I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps: His day is marching on. I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel: "As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal; Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel, Since God is marching on." He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat: Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet! Our God is marching on. In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me: As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on. Apr 24 11, 12:25 PM

star_gazer

Know that the US national anthem "The Star Spangled Banner" has no specific mention of the US. Also, often "The Battle Hymn" is sung with different lyrics, for example: John Bown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave, John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave, His soul goes marching on. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_Hymn_of_the_Republic Apr 25 11, 5:45 AM