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American Civil State of war-era popular song

Vocal

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home"
Sheet music comprehend, 1863
Song
Published	1863
Songwriter(s)	Louis Lambert a.k.a. Patrick Gilmore
Sound sample
c. 1990 U.S. Military Academy Band functioning file assist

"When Johnny Comes Marching Abode" (Roud 6637), sometimes "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Once more", is a popular vocal 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 state of war.

Origins [edit]

The lyrics to "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" were written past 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 past the publisher, Henry Tolman & Co., of Boston.^[1] Why Gilmore chose to publish under a pseudonym is not clear, but popular composers of the period ofttimes employed pseudonyms to add a touch on of romantic mystery to their compositions.^[2] Gilmore is said to take written the song for his sis Annie as she prayed for the safety return of her fiancé, Union Lite Arms Helm John O'Rourke, from the Civil War,^{[iii] [iv] [5]} although it is not clear if they were already engaged in 1863; the two were not married until 1875.^[vi]

Gilmore later acknowledged that the music was not original only 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 downwards, dressed information technology upward, gave it a name, and rhymed it into usefulness for a special purpose suited to the times."^[seven]

The melody was previously published around July 1, 1863, as the music to the Civil State of war drinking song "Johnny Fill up Up the Bowl".^[viii] A colour-illustrated, undated slip of Gilmore's lyrics, printed past his own Boston publisher, actually states that "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" should exist sung to the tune of "Johnny Make full the Bowl".^[9] The original sail music for "Johnny Fill up Upwards the Bowl" states that the music was bundled (not composed) by J. Durnal.^[ten] 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 melody dating from about 1630 or before), and Jonathan Lighter has suggested a connection to the seventeenth-century ballad "The Three Ravens".^[11]

"When Johnny Comes Marching Abode" is as well sung to the same tune as "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" and is frequently idea to have been a rewriting of that vocal. However, "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" was not published until 1867, and it originally had a dissimilar melody.^[12]

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" was immensely popular and was sung past both sides of the American Civil State of war.^[13] It became a striking in England as well.^[14]

Alternative versions [edit]

Quite a few variations on the song, as well as songs set to the same melody just with different lyrics, have appeared since "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" was popularized. The alleged larcenous tendencies of some Wedlock soldiers in New Orleans were parodied in the lyrics "For Bales", to the aforementioned tune. A British version appeared in 1914, with the like title, "When Tommy Comes Marching Dwelling house". The 1880 U.Due south. 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 South. Hancock and William H. English language).^[16]

Lyrics [edit]

Illustration of a Zouave company on Civil State of war era broadside of "When Johnny Comes Marching Habitation".

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

When Johnny comes marching home once again
Hurrah! Hurrah!
Nosotros'll give 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 old church bong volition 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 ready 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 brow
And we'll all feel gay
When Johnny comes marching abode.

Allow love and friendship on that day,
Hurrah, hurrah!
Their choicest pleasures and then brandish,
Hurrah, hurrah!
And let each one perform some part,
To fill with joy the warrior's heart,
And nosotros'll all experience gay
When Johnny comes marching home.

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

"Johnny Fill Up the Basin" [edit]

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

A satirical variant of "Johnny Fill Up the Bowl", entitled "For Bales" or, more than 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. East. Blackmar.

Lyrics [edit]

[i]
We all went down to New Orleans,
For Bales, for Bales;
We all went down to New Orleans,
For Bales, says I;
We all went downwards to New Orleans,
To get a peep behind the scenes,
"And we'll all drinkable stone bullheaded,
Johnny fill up the bowl".

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

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

[4]
Only Taylor and Smith, with ragged ranks,
For Bales, for Bales;
But Taylor and Smith, with ragged ranks,
For Bales, says I;
Merely Taylor and Smith, with ragged ranks,
Burned upward the cotton and whipped old Banks,
"And we'll all beverage stone blind,
Johnny make full up the bowl".

[5]
Our "band" 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 back and cursed and swore,
For we got no cotton fiber at Grand Ecore,
"And we'll all drink rock blind,
Johnny fill up upwardly the bowl".

[vi]
Now permit u.s.a. all give praise and cheers,
For Bales, for Bales;
Now let us all give praise and thanks,
For Bales, says I;
Now let us all give praise and thanks,
For the victory gained by General Banks,
"And we'll all drink rock bullheaded,
Johnny fill up the bowl".^[xviii]

Notable recordings [edit]

• Morton Gould'south 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 singer Adam Religion sang a version titled "Johnny Comes Marching Habitation", used over the opening and endmost title credits for the British offense thriller Never Let Go (1960). This version was arranged and conducted by John Barry. Another version was released as a single, reaching No. 5 in the UK Singles Nautical chart.^[19]
• Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album 101 Gang Songs (1961).
• Patti Labelle and the Bluebells sang a famous rendition live 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 vocal appears on the compilation album Divided & United: Songs of the Civil 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 vocal, titled "Johnny I Inappreciably Knew Ya", using former Irish lyrics to the song's beat.
• Jacob Miller used the melody for his song "Peace Treaty", which was written for the One Love Peace Concert in Kingston, Jamaica, on April 22, 1978, to celebrate a peace treaty between the opposing leading parties.
• Folk ring Ye Banished Privateers recorded the melody with lyrics virtually undead sailors as 'When Ye Dead Come Sailing Dwelling' for their album Songs And Curses.
• Guns N' Roses also included the tune in course 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 album.
• The tune 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 moving picture Dice Hard with a Vengeance by Michael Kamen

References [edit]

1. ^ Lighter, pp. 16–17.
2. ^ Lighter, p. xvi.
3. ^ [1] ^{[ dead link ]}
4. ^ Peterson, Patti Jo (Baronial 30, 2007). "The House that O'Rourke Built". The Plattsmouth Periodical: 5.
5. ^ Peterson, Patti Jo (June 15, 2006). "The O'Rourke Firm". The Plattsmouth Journal: xi.
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 fiddling music with your politics – music at political conventions", National Review, 2000-09-xi
16. ^ Haynes, Stan M. (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 Oct 2017.
19. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Striking Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Express. pp. 192–3. ISBNi-904994-10-five.

Bibliography [edit]

• Erbsen, Wayne: Rousing Songs and True Tales of the Civil 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 Vocal Ever 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 Abode" (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 brusque picture show A NATION SINGS (1963) is available for free download at the Internet Archive.

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