When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again

American Civil War-era popular song

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home"
Canvass music cover, 1863
Song
Published	1863
Songwriter(southward)	Louis Lambert a.g.a. Patrick Gilmore
Sound sample
c. 1990 U.S. Military Academy Ring functioning file help

"When Johnny Comes Marching Abode" (Roud 6637), sometimes "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again", is a popular song from the American Civil State of war that expressed people's longing for the return of their friends and relatives who were fighting in the war.

Origins [edit]

The lyrics to "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" were written by the Irish-American bandleader Patrick Gilmore during the American Civil State of war. Its first sheet music publication was deposited in the Library of Congress on September 26, 1863, with words and music credited to "Louis Lambert"; copyright was retained by the publisher, Henry Tolman & Co., of Boston.^[1] Why Gilmore chose to publish nether a pseudonym is not articulate, but popular composers of the period often employed pseudonyms to add together a touch of romantic mystery to their compositions.^[2] Gilmore is said to have written the song for his sister Annie as she prayed for the safe return of her fiancé, Union Light Artillery Helm John O'Rourke, from the Civil State of war,^{[three] [4] [5]} although information technology is non clear if they were already engaged in 1863; the ii were not married until 1875.^[vi]

Gilmore afterward acknowledged that the music was not original just was, as he put it in an 1883 article in the Musical Herald, "a musical waif which I happened to hear somebody humming in the early days of the rebellion, and taking a fancy to it, wrote it downward, dressed information technology up, gave it a name, and rhymed it into usefulness for a special purpose suited to the times."^[7]

The tune was previously published around July 1, 1863, as the music to the Civil War drinking song "Johnny Fill Up the Bowl".^[8] A color-illustrated, undated slip of Gilmore'southward lyrics, printed past his own Boston publisher, actually states that "When Johnny Comes Marching Habitation" should be sung to the melody of "Johnny Make full Up the Bowl".^[ix] The original sheet music for "Johnny Fill Up the Bowl" states that the music was bundled (not composed) by J. Durnal.^[10] At that place is a melodic resemblance of the melody to that of "John Anderson, My Jo" (to which Robert Burns wrote lyrics to fit a pre-existing tune dating from about 1630 or earlier), and Jonathan Lighter has suggested a connexion to the seventeenth-century carol "The 3 Ravens".^[xi]

"When Johnny Comes Marching Habitation" is also sung to the aforementioned melody as "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" and is oftentimes thought to have been a rewriting of that song. However, "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" was not published until 1867, and information technology originally had a dissimilar melody.^[12]

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" was immensely pop and was sung past both sides of the American Civil War.^[xiii] Information technology became a hit in England as well.^[14]

Alternative versions [edit]

Quite a few variations on the song, besides as songs set to the same tune just with different lyrics, take appeared since "When Johnny Comes Marching Dwelling house" was popularized. The alleged larcenous tendencies of some Union soldiers in New Orleans were parodied in the lyrics "For Bales", to the same tune. A British version appeared in 1914, with the similar title, "When Tommy Comes Marching Dwelling house". The 1880 U.S. presidential election campaign featured a campaign vocal chosen "If the Johnnies Get into Power,"^[15] which supported the Republicans James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur against the "Johnnies" (Democrats Winfield South. Hancock and William H. English language).^[16]

Lyrics [edit]

Illustration of a Zouave company on Ceremonious War era broadside of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home".

The original lyrics as written past Gilmore, are:^[17]

When Johnny comes marching domicile over again
Hurrah! Hurrah!
Nosotros'll give him a hearty welcome then
Hurrah! Hurrah!
The men will cheer and the boys volition shout
The ladies they will all turn out
And we'll all feel gay
When Johnny comes marching home.

The one-time church bong will peal with joy
Hurrah! Hurrah!
To welcome dwelling house our darling boy,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
The hamlet lads and lassies say
With roses they will strew the way,
And we'll all experience gay
When Johnny comes marching habitation.

Become ready for the Jubilee,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
Nosotros'll give the hero three times iii,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
The laurel wreath is ready now
To place upon his loyal brow
And we'll all feel gay
When Johnny comes marching home.

Let honey and friendship on that day,
Hurrah, hurrah!
Their choicest pleasures then display,
Hurrah, hurrah!
And let each ane perform some part,
To fill with joy the warrior'due south heart,
And we'll all experience gay
When Johnny comes marching habitation.

Some later recordings finish each verse with "And we'll all feel glad when Johnny comes marching home."

"Johnny Fill Upwardly the Basin" [edit]

"Johnny Fill Up the Bowl", which provided the tune for "When Johnny Comes Marching Dwelling house", was a topical drinking vocal that commented on events in the American Civil War. It was frequently refitted with new words by soldiers and other publishers.^[10]

A satirical variant of "Johnny Fill up Up the Bowl", entitled "For Bales" or, more than fully, "For Bales! An O'er True Tale. Dedicated to Those Pure Patriots Who Were Affected with 'Cotton fiber on the Brain' and Who Saw The Elephant", was published in New Orleans in 1864, past A. E. Blackmar.

Lyrics [edit]

[i]
We all went down to New Orleans,
For Bales, for Bales;
Nosotros all went downwards to New Orleans,
For Bales, says I;
We all went down to New Orleans,
To get a peep behind the scenes,
"And we'll all drink rock blind,
Johnny make full up the basin".

[2]
Nosotros thought when nosotros got in the "Band",
For Bales, for Bales;
We idea when nosotros got in the "Band",
For Bales, says I;
Nosotros thought when we got in the "Ring",
Greenbacks would be a dead certain thing,
"And we'll all drink stone blind,
Johnny make full the bowl".

[3]
The "ring" went upwardly, with bagging and rope,
For Bales, for Bales;
Upon the "Black Hawk" with bagging and rope,
For Bales, says I;
Went up "Ruby-red River" with bagging and rope,
Expecting to make a pile of "soap",
"And we'll all drink stone blind,
Johnny fill up the bowl".

[four]
Merely Taylor and Smith, with ragged ranks,
For Bales, for Bales;
But Taylor and Smith, with ragged ranks,
For Bales, says I;
But Taylor and Smith, with ragged ranks,
Burned up the cotton fiber and whipped old Banks,
"And nosotros'll all drink stone blind,
Johnny fill upward the bowl".

[five]
Our "ring" came back and cursed and swore,
For Bales, for Bales;
Our "ring" came back and cursed and swore,
For Bales, says I;
Our "ring" came dorsum and cursed and swore,
For we got no cotton wool at G Ecore,
"And nosotros'll all drink stone blind,
Johnny fill the bowl".

[6]
At present let us all requite praise and thanks,
For Bales, for Bales;
At present permit the states all give praise and thanks,
For Bales, says I;
Now allow united states all give praise and thanks,
For the victory gained past General Banks,
"And we'll all beverage stone blind,
Johnny fill up up the bowl".^[18]

Notable recordings [edit]

• Morton Gould'south classical system "American Salute" of the vocal (1943).
• The children'southward songs, "Ants Go Marching" and "The Animals Went in 2 by Two" ("Into the Ark") re-used the melody and the refrain.
• Harris, Roy (1934), When Johnny Comes Marching Home — An American Overture .
• The Andrews Sisters, a "Swing Era" sister act sang an upbeat "swing" version in the 1940s.
• English popular singer Adam Faith sang a version titled "Johnny Comes Marching Home", used over the opening and closing title credits for the British crime thriller Never Allow Go (1960). This version was bundled and conducted past John Barry. Another version was released every bit a unmarried, reaching No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart.^[19]
• Bing Crosby included the vocal in a medley on his album 101 Gang Songs (1961).
• Patti Labelle and the Bluebells sang a famous rendition alive at the Apollo in the 1960s.
• The melody was used in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove in 1964 during the Bomb Run sequence.
• A French version (without vocals) "Johnny Revient d'la Guerre" was recorded by Bérurier Noir, on the anthology Macadam Massacre (1983).
• American singer Angel Snowfall'south rendition of the vocal appears on the compilation anthology Divided & United: Songs of the Civil War.
• A rendition performed by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and Chorale, conducted by Gerard Schwartz, on the album "Portraits of Freedom: Music of Aaron Copland and Roy Harris" (1993).
• The Dropkick Murphys recorded their own version of the song, titled "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya", using quondam Irish lyrics to the vocal's beat.
• Jacob Miller used the melody for his song "Peace Treaty", which was written for the 1 Love Peace Concert in Kingston, Jamaica, on April 22, 1978, to gloat a peace treaty between the opposing leading parties.
• Folk band Ye Banished Privateers recorded the melody with lyrics about undead sailors as 'When Ye Dead Come Sailing Domicile' for their album Songs And Curses.
• Guns N' Roses also included the tune in form of whistling in the intro and outro of 'Ceremonious State of war' in 1991.
• Galician Celtic folk music ensemble Luar na Lubre used the tune in the song "Os animais" on the 2007 Camiños da fin da terra album.
• The melody of the song was used for the song "Brave Sir Robin" in the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
• A version was made for the motion picture Die Difficult with a Vengeance by Michael Kamen
• 1990 moving-picture show Joe Versus The Volcano played it at 1 60 minutes xx minute marker. Was welcome song by the Waponis
• Girls und Panzer der Flick has an orchestra version play at the advent of a T28 Super Heavy Tank.

References [edit]

1. ^ Lighter, pp. sixteen–17.
2. ^ Lighter, p. 16.
3. ^ [1] ^{[ dead link ]}
4. ^ Peterson, Patti Jo (Baronial 30, 2007). "The House that O'Rourke Congenital". The Plattsmouth Journal: 5.
5. ^ Peterson, Patti Jo (June 15, 2006). "The O'Rourke House". The Plattsmouth Journal: 11.
6. ^ Lighter, pp. 70–71.
7. ^ Lighter, p. 17.
8. ^ Lighter, pp. 18–19.
9. ^ Lighter, p. 21.
10. ^ ^{a b} Lighter, p. 19.
11. ^ Lighter, pp. 21–28.
12. ^ Lighter, pp. 28–29.
13. ^ Erbsen, p. 68
14. ^ Lighter, p. 15.
15. ^ Jay Nordlinger, "American Sounds: A piffling music with your politics – music at political conventions", National Review, 2000-09-11
16. ^ Haynes, Stan M. (2015). President-Making in the Aureate Age: The Nominating Conventions of 1876–1900. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 43. ISBN9781476623054.
17. ^ Lambert, "When Johnny Comes Marching Dwelling house".
18. ^ "For bales" (PDF). Lcweb2.loc.gov . Retrieved 12 Oct 2017.
19. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 192–iii. ISBN1-904994-10-five.

Bibliography [edit]

• Erbsen, Wayne: Rousing Songs and Truthful Tales of the Civil War. Native Ground Books & Music, 2008. ISBN 1-883206-33-ii
• Lambert, Louis (Patrick Gilmore). "When Johnny Comes Marching Abode". Boston: Henry Tolman & Co. (1863)
• Lighter, Jonathan. "The All-time Antiwar Song Ever Written," Occasional Papers in Folklore No. 1. CAMSCO Music and Loomis House Press, 2012. ISBN 978-1-935243-89-2

External links [edit]

• "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" , John Terrill (Due east. Berliner's Gramaphone (1893)—Library of Congress Performing Arts Encyclopedia.
• "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (Overview Page—Library of Congress Performing Arts Encyclopedia.
• "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (Sheet Music), Oldroyd, Osbourne H. The Skillful Old Songs We Used to Sing, '61 to '67, —Project Gutenberg.
• "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" - A Civil War Song Marches On
• MIDI and description
• Library of Congress copy, For Bales
• The short pic A NATION SINGS (1963) is available for free download at the Internet Annal.

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