"But oh John Brown
If you go downtown now
Just be sure
It's the will of the lord"
I love this stanza. Many people do not regard John Brown as a martyr for his cause, but a radical and a murderer. John Brown believed, however, that God's purpose for him was to save the African Americans. This stanza is saying, if you go down that road, if you kill, you damn well better know that it really is the will of the lord. This song really fits in with the arguments about "just wars".
"But oh John Brown If you go downtown now Just be sure It's the will of the lord"
I love this stanza. Many people do not regard John Brown as a martyr for his cause, but a radical and a murderer. John Brown believed, however, that God's purpose for him was to save the African Americans. This stanza is saying, if you go down that road, if you kill, you damn well better know that it really is the will of the lord. This song really fits in with the arguments about "just wars".