When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again Intrsturmental

American Ceremonious State of war-era popular song

Song

"When Johnny Comes Marching Dwelling"
Sheet music cover, 1863
Song
Published	1863
Songwriter(s)	Louis Lambert a.k.a. Patrick Gilmore
Audio sample
c. 1990 U.S. Military machine Academy Band performance file help

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

Origins [edit]

The lyrics to "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" were written by the Irish-American bandleader Patrick Gilmore during the American Ceremonious State of war. Its get-go sail 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.^[i] Why Gilmore chose to publish nether a pseudonym is not clear, but popular composers of the menstruation often employed pseudonyms to add a affect of romantic mystery to their compositions.^[two] Gilmore is said to have written the song for his sister Annie as she prayed for the safe return of her fiancé, Union Light Arms Captain John O'Rourke, from the Civil State of war,^{[iii] [iv] [v]} although it is not clear if they were already engaged in 1863; the two were not married until 1875.^[6]

Gilmore later acknowledged that the music was non original but was, equally he put it in an 1883 article in the Musical Herald, "a musical waif which I happened to hear somebody bustling in the early days of the rebellion, and taking a fancy to it, wrote it downwardly, dressed it up, gave information technology a name, and rhymed it into usefulness for a special purpose suited to the times."^[seven]

The tune was previously published effectually July i, 1863, every bit the music to the Civil War drinking vocal "Johnny Fill Upwardly the Bowl".^[viii] A color-illustrated, undated sideslip of Gilmore's lyrics, printed past his own Boston publisher, actually states that "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" should be sung to the melody of "Johnny Fill up the Bowl".^[9] The original sail music for "Johnny Make full the Basin" states that the music was arranged (not composed) by J. Durnal.^[10] There is a melodic resemblance of the tune to that of "John Anderson, My Jo" (to which Robert Burns wrote lyrics to fit a pre-existing tune dating from well-nigh 1630 or before), and Jonathan Lighter has suggested a connection to the seventeenth-century ballad "The 3 Ravens".^[xi]

"When Johnny Comes Marching Abode" is also sung to the aforementioned tune as "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" and is frequently thought to accept been a rewriting of that song. Even so, "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" was not published until 1867, and it originally had a different melody.^[12]

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" was immensely popular and was sung past both sides of the American Civil State of war.^[13] Information technology became a hit in England every bit well.^[fourteen]

Alternative versions [edit]

Quite a few variations on the song, as well as songs set to the same tune just with different lyrics, have appeared since "When Johnny Comes Marching Dwelling house" was popularized. The declared larcenous tendencies of some Marriage 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 Home". The 1880 U.S. presidential election campaign featured a campaign song chosen "If the Johnnies Get into Power,"^[xv] which supported the Republicans James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur against the "Johnnies" (Democrats Winfield South. Hancock and William H. English).^[sixteen]

Lyrics [edit]

Illustration of a Zouave company on Ceremonious State of war era broadside of "When Johnny Comes Marching Dwelling house".

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

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

The old church bell will peal with joy
Hurrah! Hurrah!
To welcome home our darling male child,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
The village lads and lassies say
With roses they will strew the way,
And we'll all feel gay
When Johnny comes marching home.

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

Let honey and friendship on that mean solar day,
Hurrah, hurrah!
Their choicest pleasures then brandish,
Hurrah, hurrah!
And let each i perform some part,
To fill up with joy the warrior's heart,
And we'll all feel gay
When Johnny comes marching home.

Some later recordings cease each poesy with "And nosotros'll all feel glad when Johnny comes marching home."

"Johnny Fill Up the Bowl" [edit]

"Johnny Fill up the Basin", which provided the tune for "When Johnny Comes Marching Dwelling house", was a topical drinking song 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 Make full Upwardly the Bowl", entitled "For Bales" or, more fully, "For Bales! An O'er True Tale. Dedicated to Those Pure Patriots Who Were Afflicted with 'Cotton on the Encephalon' and Who Saw The Elephant", was published in New Orleans in 1864, by A. Due east. Blackmar.

Lyrics [edit]

[ane]
We all went downward to New Orleans,
For Bales, for Bales;
We all went downward to New Orleans,
For Bales, says I;
We all went downward to New Orleans,
To become a peep behind the scenes,
"And nosotros'll all drink rock bullheaded,
Johnny fill the bowl".

[two]
We thought when nosotros got in the "Ring",
For Bales, for Bales;
We idea when nosotros got in the "Ring",
For Bales, says I;
We thought when nosotros got in the "Ring",
Greenbacks would be a expressionless sure thing,
"And we'll all drink rock blind,
Johnny make full up the bowl".

[3]
The "ring" went up, with bagging and rope,
For Bales, for Bales;
Upon the "Black Militarist" with bagging and rope,
For Bales, says I;
Went up "Red River" with bagging and rope,
Expecting to brand a pile of "soap",
"And we'll all drink stone blind,
Johnny make full the basin".

[iv]
But Taylor and Smith, with ragged ranks,
For Bales, for Bales;
But Taylor and Smith, with ragged ranks,
For Bales, says I;
Only Taylor and Smith, with ragged ranks,
Burned upwardly the cotton wool and whipped old Banks,
"And we'll all drink stone bullheaded,
Johnny fill up the bowl".

[5]
Our "ring" came dorsum and cursed and swore,
For Bales, for Bales;
Our "band" came back and cursed and swore,
For Bales, says I;
Our "ring" came dorsum and cursed and swore,
For we got no cotton at Grand Ecore,
"And we'll all drink stone blind,
Johnny make full up the bowl".

[6]
At present let u.s. all give praise and thanks,
For Bales, for Bales;
Now let u.s.a. all give praise and thanks,
For Bales, says I;
Now let us all give praise and thank you,
For the victory gained by General Banks,
"And we'll all beverage stone blind,
Johnny fill upwardly the bowl".^[eighteen]

Notable recordings [edit]

• Morton Gould's classical arrangement "American Salute" of the song (1943).
• Harris, Roy (1934), When Johnny Comes Marching Home — An American Overture .
• The Andrews Sisters, a "Swing Era" sister deed sang an upbeat "swing" version in the 1940s.
• British pop vocalizer Adam Faith sang a version titled "Johnny Comes Marching Home", used over the opening and endmost title credits for the British crime thriller Never Permit Go (1960). This version was arranged and conducted by John Barry. Another version was released equally a single, reaching No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart.^[nineteen]
• Bing Crosby included the song 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.
• A French version (without vocals) "Johnny Revient d'la Guerre" was recorded by Bérurier Noir, on the anthology Macadam Massacre (1983).
• American singer Angel Snow's rendition of the song appears on the compilation album Divided & United: Songs of the Civil State of war.
• A rendition performed past 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 song'due south 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 celebrate a peace treaty betwixt the opposing leading parties.
• Folk band Ye Banished Privateers recorded the tune with lyrics about undead sailors equally 'When Ye Dead Come up Sailing Abode' for their album Songs And Curses.
• Guns Northward' Roses also included the tune in form of whistling in the intro and outro of 'Civil 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 anthology.
• 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 movie Die Difficult with a Vengeance past Michael Kamen

References [edit]

1. ^ Lighter, pp. 16–17.
2. ^ Lighter, p. 16.
3. ^ [1] ^{[ dead link ]}
4. ^ Peterson, Patti Jo (August thirty, 2007). "The House that O'Rourke Built". The Plattsmouth Journal: 5.
5. ^ Peterson, Patti Jo (June 15, 2006). "The O'Rourke House". The Plattsmouth Journal: 11.
6. ^ Lighter, pp. lxx–71.
7. ^ Lighter, p. 17.
8. ^ Lighter, pp. eighteen–19.
9. ^ Lighter, p. 21.
10. ^ ^{a b} Lighter, p. nineteen.
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 1000. (2015). President-Making in the Gilded Age: The Nominating Conventions of 1876–1900. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 43. ISBN9781476623054.
17. ^ Lambert, "When Johnny Comes Marching Home".
18. ^ "For bales" (PDF). Lcweb2.loc.gov . Retrieved 12 October 2017.
19. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hitting Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 192–iii. ISBNi-904994-10-5.

Bibliography [edit]

• Erbsen, Wayne: Rousing Songs and True Tales of the Ceremonious State of war. Native Footing Books & Music, 2008. ISBN 1-883206-33-2
• Lambert, Louis (Patrick Gilmore). "When Johnny Comes Marching Home". Boston: Henry Tolman & Co. (1863)
• Lighter, Jonathan. "The Best 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 Domicile" , John Terrill (E. Berliner's Gramaphone (1893)—Library of Congress Performing Arts Encyclopedia.
• "When Johnny Comes Marching Dwelling house" (Overview Folio—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 motion-picture show A NATION SINGS (1963) is available for gratis download at the Internet Annal.

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