Lay you there chisled

Out othe mountain's gut

Mighty rivers rushing

To meet at your feet

Their confluence

Through dark rocks ever carving

Revising their paths to flow

Nourishing the lands below

Potomac and Shenandoah

In the Appalachians at play

History has penned your name with fame

John Brown's stand proclaimed throughout

A younger America in civil turmoil

Muskets rattled, men perished

A battle cry would be issued

From the gallows men's feet did sway

John Brown's defense of human rights

A beacon, rallying call to stand tall

Harper's Ferry you witnessed all

Apparitions now roam your streets

Restless souls still searching

For eternities reach

Long will the drums beat

As history your story shall repeat

In your graves

Heroes and nobodies lay

For both, let us pray