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American Civil War-era popular song

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

"When Johnny Comes Marching Dwelling house" (Roud 6637), sometimes "When Johnny Comes Marching Dwelling house Again", is a pop vocal from the American Ceremonious 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 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.^[i] Why Gilmore chose to publish under a pseudonym is non clear, but popular composers of the period often employed pseudonyms to add a touch of romantic mystery to their compositions.^[two] Gilmore is said to have written the song for his sister Annie equally she prayed for the safe return of her fiancé, Wedlock Light Artillery Captain John O'Rourke, from the Ceremonious War,^{[three] [4] [v]} although information technology is not clear if they were already engaged in 1863; the 2 were not married until 1875.^[6]

Gilmore later acknowledged that the music was non original merely was, every bit 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 information technology, wrote it downward, dressed it upwards, gave it a proper name, and rhymed it into usefulness for a special purpose suited to the times."^[7]

The melody was previously published around July 1, 1863, every bit the music to the Civil War drinking song "Johnny Make full the Basin".^[eight] A color-illustrated, undated slip of Gilmore's lyrics, printed past his own Boston publisher, really states that "When Johnny Comes Marching Dwelling house" should exist sung to the tune of "Johnny Fill up Up the Basin".^[9] The original canvas music for "Johnny Fill up the Bowl" states that the music was bundled (non equanimous) past J. Durnal.^[10] In that location 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 about 1630 or earlier), and Jonathan Lighter has suggested a connectedness to the seventeenth-century ballad "The Three Ravens".^[11]

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" 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. However, "Johnny I Inappreciably Knew Ye" was not published until 1867, and information technology originally had a dissimilar melody.^[12]

"When Johnny Comes Marching Dwelling house" was immensely popular and was sung by both sides of the American Civil War.^[13] It became a hit in England as well.^[14]

Culling versions [edit]

Quite a few variations on the song, besides every bit songs set to the aforementioned tune but with different lyrics, take appeared since "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" 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 Habitation". The 1880 U.South. presidential ballot campaign featured a campaign vocal called "If the Johnnies Get into Power,"^[15] which supported the Republicans James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur confronting the "Johnnies" (Democrats Winfield South. Hancock and William H. English).^[sixteen]

Lyrics [edit]

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

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

When Johnny comes marching home over again
Hurrah! Hurrah!
We'll give him a hearty welcome then
Hurrah! Hurrah!
The men will cheer and the boys will shout
The ladies they will all turn out
And we'll all experience 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 mode,
And nosotros'll all experience gay
When Johnny comes marching habitation.

Get ready for the Jubilee,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
We'll requite 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 dwelling.

Allow love and friendship on that 24-hour interval,
Hurrah, hurrah!
Their choicest pleasures so display,
Hurrah, hurrah!
And allow each one perform some part,
To fill with joy the warrior's middle,
And we'll all experience gay
When Johnny comes marching abode.

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

"Johnny Fill Up the Bowl" [edit]

"Johnny Make full 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 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 on the Brain' and Who Saw The Elephant", was published in New Orleans in 1864, by A. E. Blackmar.

Lyrics [edit]

[one]
We all went down to New Orleans,
For Bales, for Bales;
We all went downward to New Orleans,
For Bales, says I;
We all went downwards to New Orleans,
To get a peep behind the scenes,
"And nosotros'll all drink stone blind,
Johnny fill the bowl".

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

[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 upwardly "Cherry-red River" with bagging and rope,
Expecting to brand a pile of "lather",
"And we'll all drinkable stone blind,
Johnny fill up 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;
But Taylor and Smith, with ragged ranks,
Burned up the cotton wool and whipped sometime Banks,
"And we'll all drink stone blind,
Johnny make full up the basin".

[v]
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 back and cursed and swore,
For we got no cotton fiber at Grand Ecore,
"And we'll all drink stone blind,
Johnny make full the bowl".

[half-dozen]
At present permit usa all give praise and thanks,
For Bales, for Bales;
Now let u.s.a. all give praise and cheers,
For Bales, says I;
Now let usa all requite praise and thanks,
For the victory gained by General Banks,
"And nosotros'll all drink stone blind,
Johnny fill up up the basin".^[eighteen]

Notable recordings [edit]

• Morton Gould's classical arrangement "American Salute" of the vocal (1943).
• The children'south songs, "Ants Go Marching" and "The Animals Went in Two past Two" ("Into the Ark") re-used the tune and the refrain.
• Harris, Roy (1934), When Johnny Comes Marching Home — An American Overture .
• The Andrews Sisters, a "Swing Era" sister human action sang an upbeat "swing" version in the 1940s.
• English language pop singer Adam Faith sang a version titled "Johnny Comes Marching Home", used over the opening and endmost title credits for the British crime thriller Never Let Get (1960). This version was arranged and conducted past John Barry. Another version was released as a single, reaching No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart.^[xix]
• Bing Crosby included the vocal in a medley on his anthology 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'south 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 album Macadam Massacre (1983).
• American singer Affections Snowfall'south rendition of the song appears on the compilation album Divided & United: Songs of the Civil War.
• A rendition performed by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and Chorale, conducted by Gerard Schwartz, on the anthology "Portraits of Liberty: Music of Aaron Copland and Roy Harris" (1993).
• The Dropkick Murphys recorded their ain version of the vocal, titled "Johnny I Inappreciably Knew Ya", using old Irish lyrics to the song's beat.
• Jacob Miller used the melody for his vocal "Peace Treaty", which was written for the One Honey Peace Concert in Kingston, Jamaica, on April 22, 1978, to gloat a peace treaty between the opposing leading parties.
• Folk ring Ye Banished Privateers recorded the melody with lyrics about undead sailors equally 'When Ye Dead Come Sailing Dwelling' for their album Songs And Curses.
• Guns N' Roses likewise included the melody in form of whistling in the intro and outro of 'Ceremonious War' in 1991.
• Galician Celtic folk music ensemble Luar na Lubre used the tune in the vocal "Bone 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 pic Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
• A version was fabricated for the pic Die Hard with a Vengeance by Michael Kamen
• 1990 pic Joe Versus The Volcano played it at 1 60 minutes 20 minute marking. Was welcome song by the Waponis
• Girls und Panzer der Picture show 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 xxx, 2007). "The Business firm that O'Rourke Built". The Plattsmouth Journal: 5.
5. ^ Peterson, Patti Jo (June 15, 2006). "The O'Rourke Firm". 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 little music with your politics – music at political conventions", National Review, 2000-09-xi
16. ^ Haynes, Stan Chiliad. (2015). President-Making in the Gilt 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 Striking Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 192–3. ISBNi-904994-x-five.

Bibliography [edit]

• Erbsen, Wayne: Rousing Songs and Truthful Tales of the Ceremonious State of war. Native Basis Books & Music, 2008. ISBN 1-883206-33-two
• Lambert, Louis (Patrick Gilmore). "When Johnny Comes Marching Home". Boston: Henry Tolman & Co. (1863)
• Lighter, Jonathan. "The Best Antiwar Song Always Written," Occasional Papers in Sociology No. 1. CAMSCO Music and Loomis House Press, 2012. ISBN 978-one-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 Abode" (Overview Page—Library of Congress Performing Arts Encyclopedia.
• "When Johnny Comes Marching Habitation" (Sheet Music), Oldroyd, Osbourne H. The Adept Old Songs We Used to Sing, '61 to '67, —Project Gutenberg.
• "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" - A Ceremonious War Vocal Marches On
• MIDI and description
• Library of Congress re-create, For Bales
• The brusque flick A NATION SINGS (1963) is available for gratis download at the Internet Archive.

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