I May Go Home Again Song
| "When Johnny Comes Marching Dwelling" | |
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 Sheet music cover, 1863 | |
| Song | |
| Published | 1863 |
| Songwriter(south) | Louis Lambert a.k.a. Patrick Gilmore |
| Audio sample | |
| c. 1990 U.South. Military Academy Band performance
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"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (Roud 6637), sometimes "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Over again", is a popular song from the American Civil War that expressed people's 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-American bandleader Patrick Gilmore during the American Civil War. Its beginning 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.[1] Why Gilmore chose to publish under a pseudonym is not clear, only popular composers of the menses often employed pseudonyms to add together a touch of romantic mystery to their compositions.[2] Gilmore is said to have written the song for his sister Annie as she prayed for the safe return of her fiancé, Union Calorie-free Artillery Helm John O'Rourke, from the Ceremonious War,[three] [4] [5] although it is not articulate if they were already engaged in 1863; the two were non married until 1875.[6]
Gilmore later acknowledged that the music was not original simply was, equally 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 information technology downwards, dressed information technology up, gave it a name, and rhymed it into usefulness for a special purpose suited to the times."[7]
The melody was previously published around July 1, 1863, as the music to the Civil War drinking song "Johnny Fill Upwards the Bowl".[eight] A color-illustrated, undated slip of Gilmore's lyrics, printed past his own Boston publisher, actually states that "When Johnny Comes Marching Domicile" should be sung to the tune of "Johnny Make full the Basin".[9] The original sheet music for "Johnny Fill up Up the Basin" states that the music was arranged (non composed) by J. Durnal.[10] 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 about 1630 or before), and Jonathan Lighter has suggested a connection to the seventeenth-century ballad "The 3 Ravens".[11]
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" is also sung to the same tune every bit "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" and is oftentimes 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 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 hit in England likewise.[14]
Alternative versions [edit]
Quite a few variations on the song, also every bit songs set to the same melody but with different lyrics, have appeared since "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" was popularized. The alleged larcenous tendencies of some Spousal relationship 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". The 1880 U.S. presidential election campaign featured a campaign song called "If the Johnnies Get into Power,"[fifteen] which supported the Republicans James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur confronting 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 as written by Gilmore, are:[17]
When Johnny comes marching dwelling house again
Hurrah! Hurrah!
We'll give him a hearty welcome so
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 former church building bong will peal with joy
Hurrah! Hurrah!
To welcome domicile our darling male child,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
The hamlet lads and lassies say
With roses they volition strew the style,
And we'll all experience gay
When Johnny comes marching home.Get ready for the Jubilee,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
We'll give the hero three times 3,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
The laurel wreath is set up now
To identify upon his loyal brow
And we'll all experience gay
When Johnny comes marching abode.Let love and friendship on that twenty-four hour period,
Hurrah, hurrah!
Their choicest pleasures then brandish,
Hurrah, hurrah!
And let each one perform some function,
To fill with joy the warrior'southward centre,
And we'll all experience gay
When Johnny comes marching habitation.
Some later recordings end each poetry with "And nosotros'll all feel glad when Johnny comes marching domicile."
"Johnny Fill up Upwards the Basin" [edit]
"Johnny Fill Up the Basin", which provided the tune for "When Johnny Comes Marching Domicile", was a topical drinking vocal that commented on events in the American Civil War. It was oft refitted with new words by soldiers and other publishers.[10]
A satirical variant of "Johnny Fill the Bowl", entitled "For Bales" or, more fully, "For Bales! An O'er True Tale. Defended to Those Pure Patriots Who Were Affected with 'Cotton wool on the Brain' and Who Saw The Elephant", was published in New Orleans in 1864, by A. Eastward. Blackmar.
Lyrics [edit]
[i]
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 downwards to New Orleans,
To get a peep behind the scenes,
"And we'll all beverage stone blind,
Johnny make full up the basin".[2]
We idea when we got in the "Ring",
For Bales, for Bales;
We thought when we got in the "Ring",
For Bales, says I;
We thought when we got in the "Ring",
Greenbacks would be a expressionless sure thing,
"And nosotros'll all potable rock blind,
Johnny make full up the bowl".[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 upwardly "Red River" with bagging and rope,
Expecting to make a pile of "soap",
"And nosotros'll all potable rock bullheaded,
Johnny fill upwards the bowl".[4]
But Taylor and Smith, with ragged ranks,
For Bales, for Bales;
Merely Taylor and Smith, with ragged ranks,
For Bales, says I;
Merely Taylor and Smith, with ragged ranks,
Burned upwardly the cotton and whipped quondam Banks,
"And we'll all potable stone blind,
Johnny make full the basin".[five]
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 "band" came back and cursed and swore,
For we got no cotton wool at Yard Ecore,
"And we'll all drink stone blind,
Johnny make full the bowl".[6]
Now allow usa all give praise and thanks,
For Bales, for Bales;
Now let us all give praise and thanks,
For Bales, says I;
Now let united states of america all requite praise and thanks,
For the victory gained by General Banks,
"And we'll all drink stone bullheaded,
Johnny make full 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 human activity sang an upbeat "swing" version in the 1940s.
- British popular singer Adam Faith sang a version titled "Johnny Comes Marching Home", used over the opening and closing championship credits for the British crime thriller Never Let Go (1960). This version was arranged and conducted by John Barry. Some other version was released as a unmarried, reaching No. 5 in the United kingdom 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 live at the Apollo in the 1960s.
- A French version (without vocals) "Johnny Revient d'la Guerre" was recorded by Bérurier Noir, on the album Macadam Massacre (1983).
- American singer Angel Snow'southward 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 anthology "Portraits of Liberty: Music of Aaron Copland and Roy Harris" (1993).
- The Dropkick Murphys recorded their ain version of the song, titled "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya", using sometime Irish lyrics to the song'due south shell.
- Jacob Miller used the tune 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 about undead sailors as 'When Ye Expressionless Come up Sailing Home' for their album Songs And Curses.
- Guns N' Roses also included the tune in grade 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 "Dauntless Sir Robin" in the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
References [edit]
- ^ Lighter, pp. xvi–17.
- ^ Lighter, p. 16.
- ^ [1] [ expressionless link ]
- ^ Peterson, Patti Jo (August 30, 2007). "The House that O'Rourke Built". The Plattsmouth Journal: 5.
- ^ Peterson, Patti Jo (June 15, 2006). "The O'Rourke Business firm". The Plattsmouth Journal: 11.
- ^ Lighter, pp. lxx–71.
- ^ Lighter, p. 17.
- ^ Lighter, pp. xviii–19.
- ^ Lighter, p. 21.
- ^ a b Lighter, p. 19.
- ^ Lighter, pp. 21–28.
- ^ Lighter, pp. 28–29.
- ^ Erbsen, p. 68
- ^ Lighter, p. fifteen.
- ^ Jay Nordlinger, "American Sounds: A little music with your politics – music at political conventions", National Review, 2000-09-11
- ^ Haynes, Stan M. (2015). President-Making in the Golden Age: The Nominating Conventions of 1876–1900. Jefferson, Northward Carolina: McFarland. p. 43. ISBN9781476623054.
- ^ Lambert, "When Johnny Comes Marching Home".
- ^ "For bales" (PDF). Lcweb2.loc.gov . Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Striking Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness Globe Records Limited. pp. 192–3. ISBNi-904994-10-five.
Bibliography [edit]
- Erbsen, Wayne: Rousing Songs and True Tales of the Civil War. Native Ground Books & Music, 2008. ISBN 1-883206-33-2
- Lambert, Louis (Patrick Gilmore). "When Johnny Comes Marching Dwelling". Boston: Henry Tolman & Co. (1863)
- Lighter, Jonathan. "The All-time Antiwar Vocal E'er Written," Occasional Papers in Folklore No. 1. CAMSCO Music and Loomis House Press, 2012. ISBN 978-1-935243-89-ii
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 Home" (Sheet Music), Oldroyd, Osbourne H. The Adept Old Songs We Used to Sing, '61 to '67, —Projection Gutenberg.
- "When Johnny Comes Marching Dwelling" - A Civil War Song Marches On
- MIDI and description
- Library of Congress re-create, For Bales
- The short film A NATION SINGS (1963) is available for gratis download at the Internet Archive.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Johnny_Comes_Marching_Home
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