Song/when Jimmy Comes Marching Home Again

American Ceremonious War-era popular song

Song

"When Johnny Comes Marching Dwelling house"
Sheet music cover, 1863
Song
Published	1863
Songwriter(south)	Louis Lambert a.k.a. Patrick Gilmore
Audio sample
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"When Johnny Comes Marching Domicile" (Roud 6637), sometimes "When Johnny Comes Marching Dwelling house Over again", is a popular song from the American Ceremonious State of war that expressed people'southward 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 gaelic-American bandleader Patrick Gilmore during the American Ceremonious War. Its starting time canvass 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 under a pseudonym is non articulate, but pop composers of the period often employed pseudonyms to add together a touch of romantic mystery to their compositions.^[ii] Gilmore is said to accept written the song for his sister Annie as she prayed for the rubber return of her fiancé, Union Light Arms Captain John O'Rourke, from the Civil War,^{[three] [4] [5]} although it is not articulate if they were already engaged in 1863; the two were not married until 1875.^[6]

Gilmore subsequently acknowledged that the music was non original but 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 it, wrote information technology downwards, dressed it up, gave it a name, and rhymed information technology 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 War drinking vocal "Johnny Fill Up the Bowl".^[8] A color-illustrated, undated slip of Gilmore'south lyrics, printed by his ain Boston publisher, really states that "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" should be sung to the tune of "Johnny Fill up Upwardly the Bowl".^[9] The original sheet music for "Johnny Fill Upwards the Bowl" states that the music was arranged (non composed) past J. Durnal.^[ten] There 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 almost 1630 or earlier), and Jonathan Lighter has suggested a connection to the seventeenth-century ballad "The 3 Ravens".^[xi]

"When Johnny Comes Marching Domicile" is also sung to the same tune as "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" and is frequently thought to have been a rewriting of that vocal. However, "Johnny I Inappreciably Knew Ye" was non published until 1867, and it originally had a different tune.^[12]

"When Johnny Comes Marching Dwelling house" was immensely popular and was sung by both sides of the American Civil State of war.^[xiii] Information technology became a hit in England as well.^[fourteen]

Alternative versions [edit]

Quite a few variations on the song, as well as songs fix to the aforementioned melody but with different lyrics, have 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 aforementioned 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 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 Due south. Hancock and William H. English).^[xvi]

Lyrics [edit]

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

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

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

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

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

Let beloved and friendship on that day,
Hurrah, hurrah!
Their choicest pleasures and so brandish,
Hurrah, hurrah!
And let each one perform some part,
To make full with joy the warrior'southward eye,
And nosotros'll all feel gay
When Johnny comes marching home.

Some later recordings end each verse with "And we'll all feel glad when Johnny comes marching dwelling house."

"Johnny Fill Upwards the Bowl" [edit]

"Johnny Make full Upward 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 often refitted with new words by soldiers and other publishers.^[10]

A satirical variant of "Johnny Fill Up the Bowl", entitled "For Bales" or, more than fully, "For Bales! An O'er Truthful 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, past A. E. Blackmar.

Lyrics [edit]

[1]
We all went down to New Orleans,
For Bales, for Bales;
We all went downwardly to New Orleans,
For Bales, says I;
We all went downwards to New Orleans,
To go a peep backside the scenes,
"And we'll all beverage rock blind,
Johnny make full up the basin".

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

[iii]
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 upwards "Cherry-red River" with bagging and rope,
Expecting to make a pile of "lather",
"And we'll all potable rock blind,
Johnny make full upward 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;
Only Taylor and Smith, with ragged ranks,
Burned up the cotton and whipped old Banks,
"And we'll all drink stone blind,
Johnny fill up the basin".

[5]
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 at Grand Ecore,
"And nosotros'll all potable stone blind,
Johnny fill up up the bowl".

[half-dozen]
Now let united states all give praise and thanks,
For Bales, for Bales;
Now let us all give praise and thanks,
For Bales, says I;
At present let the states all give praise and thank you,
For the victory gained by General Banks,
"And nosotros'll all drink stone blind,
Johnny make full up the basin".^[18]

Notable recordings [edit]

• Morton Gould'south classical arrangement "American Salute" of the song (1943).
• Harris, Roy (1934), When Johnny Comes Marching Dwelling house — An American Overture .
• The Andrews Sisters, a "Swing Era" sister act sang an upbeat "swing" version in the 1940s.
• British pop vocalist Adam Faith sang a version titled "Johnny Comes Marching Home", used over the opening and closing title credits for the British crime 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 past Bérurier Noir, on the album Macadam Massacre (1983).
• American vocalizer Angel Snowfall's rendition of the song appears on the compilation anthology 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 song, titled "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya", using sometime Irish lyrics to the song'southward 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 band Ye Banished Privateers recorded the melody with lyrics well-nigh undead sailors equally 'When Ye Dead Come Sailing Domicile' for their album Songs And Curses.
• Guns North' Roses likewise 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 tune of the song was used for the song "Brave Sir Robin" in the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

References [edit]

1. ^ Lighter, pp. 16–17.
2. ^ Lighter, p. 16.
3. ^ [1] ^{[ expressionless link ]}
4. ^ Peterson, Patti Jo (August 30, 2007). "The House that O'Rourke Built". The Plattsmouth Journal: five.
5. ^ Peterson, Patti Jo (June 15, 2006). "The O'Rourke House". 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 little 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 Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness Globe Records Limited. pp. 192–3. ISBN1-904994-10-5.

Bibliography [edit]

• Erbsen, Wayne: Rousing Songs and Truthful Tales of the Civil War. Native Ground 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. i. CAMSCO Music and Loomis Firm Press, 2012. ISBN 978-1-935243-89-2

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 Habitation" (Overview Page—Library of Congress Performing Arts Encyclopedia.
• "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (Sheet Music), Oldroyd, Osbourne H. The Good One-time Songs We Used to Sing, '61 to '67, —Project Gutenberg.
• "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" - A Ceremonious War Song Marches On
• MIDI and clarification
• Library of Congress copy, For Bales
• The brusque film A NATION SINGS (1963) is available for free download at the Net Annal.

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