Today at Mass the closing song was a "hymn" called "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory."
I had to laugh, because as soon as they started playing it I realized that it wasn't actually intended to be a Church song...
Its real name is "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and it's a Civil War song, written by a guy from South Carolina. When my family lived in Burke, my brother and I took piano lessons. We both learned that song, and my brother really loved it - he was a huge Civil War buff. We would pound that thing out constantly - I'm sure it drove my Mom completely nuts - and sometimes when we were out back (in the "forest") playing we'd end up singing it as we ran around battling whatever army we were facing at the time, or gathering supplies for our next fort.
Those were good times. I remembered a lot of memories today that I hadn't thought about in years.
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