Old John Brown Left Kansas

Before The Blood Had Dried

And As He Rode His Head Did Shine

Like The Sun In Mid July



In A Tiny Farm House

By Brunswick B & O

He Warmed His Boots By The Fireplace

And Read Aloud From Samuel



David Rose To Lead The Philistines

With Five Smooth Stones And A Sling



One October Morning

His Army Did Approach

The Armory That Sat Between

The Potomac And Shenandoah



The Engine House Flung Open

With Report Of Several Guns

When It Was Done He Looked Upon

The Bodies Of His Dying Sons



David Rose To Lead The Philistines

With Five Smooth Stones And A Sling



Throughout Our History There Are Those Ghosts

Compelled To Illustrate Our Dreads And Hopes

Victors Hang In Pictures, Losers From Ropes

Regardless, They All Swing In The Same Boat



In South Hampton County 'round 1831

Nat Turner Prayed, And The Corn Stalks Swayed

A Voice Rose Up

And His Ax Was Raised



In The Planter's Big House

They Went From Room To Room

When It Was Done They Rode Along

To Liberate Jerusalem



David Rose To Lead The Philistines

With Five Smooth Stones And A Sling