When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again History

American Ceremonious War-era popular song

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

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (Roud 6637), sometimes "When Johnny Comes Marching Domicile Again", is a popular song from the American Ceremonious War that expressed people'south longing for the render 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 gaelic-American bandleader Patrick Gilmore during the American Civil 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 past the publisher, Henry Tolman & Co., of Boston.^[one] Why Gilmore chose to publish nether a pseudonym is not clear, but popular composers of the menstruation often employed pseudonyms to add a touch on of romantic mystery to their compositions.^[2] Gilmore is said to have written the song for his sister Annie every bit she prayed for the safe return of her fiancé, Spousal relationship Light Artillery Captain John O'Rourke, from the Civil War,^{[3] [iv] [5]} although it is not clear if they were already engaged in 1863; the two were non married until 1875.^[6]

Gilmore later acknowledged that the music was not original but 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 on days of the rebellion, and taking a fancy to it, wrote it down, dressed it up, gave it a proper noun, and rhymed it into usefulness for a special purpose suited to the times."^[7]

The melody was previously published around July ane, 1863, every bit the music to the Civil War drinking song "Johnny Fill up the Bowl".^[viii] A color-illustrated, undated sideslip of Gilmore's lyrics, printed by his own Boston publisher, actually states that "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" should be sung to the tune of "Johnny Make full Up the Basin".^[9] The original canvass music for "Johnny Fill up Up the Bowl" states that the music was arranged (not composed) by J. Durnal.^[10] In that location 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 connectedness to the seventeenth-century ballad "The Iii Ravens".^[xi]

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" is also sung to the aforementioned melody equally "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" and is ofttimes thought to have been a rewriting of that song. However, "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" was not published until 1867, and it originally had a different tune.^[12]

"When Johnny Comes Marching Dwelling" was immensely popular and was sung by both sides of the American Civil State of war.^[xiii] It became a hitting in England too.^[14]

Alternative versions [edit]

Quite a few variations on the song, as well as songs set to the same tune but with unlike lyrics, have appeared since "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" 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 championship, "When Tommy Comes Marching Home". The 1880 U.S. presidential election campaign featured a campaign song called "If the Johnnies Get into Power,"^[15] which supported the Republicans James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur against the "Johnnies" (Democrats Winfield S. Hancock and William H. English).^[16]

Lyrics [edit]

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

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

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

The erstwhile church bell will peal with joy
Hurrah! Hurrah!
To welcome dwelling our darling boy,
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 domicile.

Get gear up for the Jubilee,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
Nosotros'll give the hero 3 times iii,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
The laurel wreath is set now
To identify upon his loyal brow
And we'll all feel gay
When Johnny comes marching domicile.

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

Some later on recordings end each verse with "And nosotros'll all feel glad when Johnny comes marching home."

"Johnny Make full Upwards the Bowl" [edit]

"Johnny Fill Upwardly the Basin", which provided the tune for "When Johnny Comes Marching Domicile", was a topical drinking song that commented on events in the American Civil State of war. It was frequently refitted with new words by soldiers and other publishers.^[ten]

A satirical variant of "Johnny Fill up Up the Bowl", entitled "For Bales" or, more fully, "For Bales! An O'er True Tale. Defended 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. E. Blackmar.

Lyrics [edit]

[1]
We all went down to New Orleans,
For Bales, for Bales;
Nosotros all went down to New Orleans,
For Bales, says I;
We all went downward to New Orleans,
To get a peep backside the scenes,
"And we'll all drink rock blind,
Johnny fill up up the basin".

[2]
We thought when nosotros got in the "Ring",
For Bales, for Bales;
We thought when nosotros got in the "Ring",
For Bales, says I;
We idea when we got in the "Ring",
Greenbacks would exist a expressionless sure thing,
"And we'll all drink stone blind,
Johnny fill upwards the basin".

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

[4]
But Taylor and Smith, with ragged ranks,
For Bales, for Bales;
But Taylor and Smith, with ragged ranks,
For Bales, says I;
Just Taylor and Smith, with ragged ranks,
Burned up the cotton and whipped old Banks,
"And we'll all drink rock blind,
Johnny fill upward the bowl".

[v]
Our "ring" came back and cursed and swore,
For Bales, for Bales;
Our "ring" came dorsum and cursed and swore,
For Bales, says I;
Our "ring" came back and cursed and swore,
For we got no cotton wool at Yard Ecore,
"And we'll all drink rock blind,
Johnny fill the basin".

[six]
Now let us all requite praise and thank you,
For Bales, for Bales;
Now let u.s.a. all give praise and thanks,
For Bales, says I;
At present let us all give praise and thank you,
For the victory gained past General Banks,
"And we'll all drink stone blind,
Johnny fill the basin".^[18]

Notable recordings [edit]

• Morton Gould'due south classical arrangement "American Salute" of the vocal (1943).
• The children's songs, "Ants Get Marching" and "The Animals Went in Two past 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 human activity sang an upbeat "swing" version in the 1940s.
• British pop vocaliser Adam Religion sang a version titled "Johnny Comes Marching Home", used over the opening and endmost championship credits for the British law-breaking thriller Never Let Go (1960). This version was arranged and conducted by John Barry. Another version was released as a unmarried, reaching No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart.^[19]
• Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his anthology 101 Gang Songs (1961).
• Patti Labelle and the Bluebells sang a famous rendition live at the Apollo in the 1960s.
• The tune 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 past Bérurier Noir, on the album Macadam Massacre (1983).
• American singer Affections Snowfall's rendition of the vocal appears on the compilation album Divided & United: Songs of the Civil State of 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 old Irish lyrics to the song'south beat.
• Jacob Miller used the melody for his song "Peace Treaty", which was written for the One Love Peace Concert in Kingston, Jamaica, on Apr 22, 1978, to gloat a peace treaty between the opposing leading parties.
• Folk band Ye Banished Privateers recorded the tune with lyrics about undead sailors equally 'When Ye Dead Come Sailing Home' 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 vocal "Os animais" on the 2007 Camiños da fin da terra album.
• The melody of the vocal was used for the song "Dauntless Sir Robin" in the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
• A version was made for the movie Die Hard with a Vengeance by Michael Kamen
• 1990 movie Joe Versus The Volcano played information technology at 1 60 minutes 20 minute mark. Was welcome song by the Waponis
• Girls und Panzer der Film has an orchestra version play at the appearance of a T28 Super Heavy Tank.

References [edit]

1. ^ Lighter, pp. 16–17.
2. ^ Lighter, p. 16.
3. ^ [1] ^{[ dead link ]}
4. ^ Peterson, Patti Jo (August 30, 2007). "The Firm that O'Rourke Congenital". The Plattsmouth Periodical: five.
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. eighteen–xix.
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 little music with your politics – music at political conventions", National Review, 2000-09-11
16. ^ Haynes, Stan M. (2015). President-Making in the Gilded Age: The Nominating Conventions of 1876–1900. Jefferson, N 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 Striking Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Express. pp. 192–3. ISBN1-904994-x-5.

Bibliography [edit]

• Erbsen, Wayne: Rousing Songs and True Tales of the Civil War. Native Basis 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 All-time Antiwar Song E'er Written," Occasional Papers in Folklore No. 1. CAMSCO Music and Loomis House Press, 2012. ISBN 978-ane-935243-89-2

External links [edit]

• "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" , John Terrill (E. 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 Habitation" (Sheet Music), Oldroyd, Osbourne H. The Good Old Songs We Used to Sing, '61 to '67, —Project Gutenberg.
• "When Johnny Comes Marching Dwelling house" - A Civil War Vocal Marches On
• MIDI and clarification
• Library of Congress copy, For Bales
• The brusk flick A NATION SINGS (1963) is bachelor for free download at the Internet Archive.

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