Original sentence: As musicologist Irwin Silber puts it:.Columnist Mark Steyn elaborates the story:.There are revisionist claims that this song was originally created by a group of Union soldiers (with only the first verse), mocking a comrade-in-arms who shared the name "John Brown"
Edited sentence: As musicologist Irwin Silber states:.Columnist Mark Steyn elaborates:.There is also revisionist evidence that this song was originally created by a group of Union soldiers (with only the first verse), mocking a comrade-in-arms who shared the name "John Brown"