When Johnny Comes Marching Home"When Johnny Comes Marching Home," an American adaptation of the Irish antiwar song "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye," was popularized in 1863 as a Civil War march.
"The lyrics, written by Irish-American bandleader Patrick Gilmore, and published under the pseudonym 'Louis Lambert,' effectively reverse those of the original, in which Johnny returns home blind and crippled, to the woman he abandoned in order to join the army." —Wikipedia
When Johnny Comes Marching Home Lyrics
When Johnny comes marching home again
The men will cheer, the boys will shout
The old church bell will peal with joy
The village lads and lassies say
Get ready for the Jubilee
The laurel wreath is ready now
Let love and friendship on that day
And let each one perfrom some part
You can hear a midi version of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" here.
SIDEBAR: The music for this song was used (with different lyrics) by The Clash
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for their song "English Civil War."
