When Will You Be Home Again Lyrics

American Civil State of war-era popular vocal

Song

"When Johnny Comes Marching Domicile"
Canvas music encompass, 1863
Song
Published	1863
Songwriter(south)	Louis Lambert a.thou.a. Patrick Gilmore
Audio sample
c. 1990 U.S. Military University Band performance file assistance

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (Roud 6637), sometimes "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again", 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 Dwelling" were written past the Irish-American bandleader Patrick Gilmore during the American Civil War. Its kickoff 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, just popular composers of the period oftentimes employed pseudonyms to add together a touch of romantic mystery to their compositions.^[2] Gilmore is said to accept written the vocal for his sister Annie as she prayed for the safe return of her fiancé, Union Lite Artillery Helm John O'Rourke, from the Ceremonious War,^{[iii] [iv] [v]} although information technology is not clear if they were already engaged in 1863; the two were not married until 1875.^[6]

Gilmore subsequently best-selling that the music was not original but was, as he put it in an 1883 commodity 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 down, dressed it upwards, gave information technology a proper noun, 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 Ceremonious State of war drinking song "Johnny Fill up Upward the Bowl".^[8] A color-illustrated, undated slip of Gilmore'south lyrics, printed by his own Boston publisher, actually states that "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" should be sung to the melody of "Johnny Fill up Up the Basin".^[9] The original sheet music for "Johnny Fill up Up the Bowl" states that the music was arranged (not 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 earlier), and Jonathan Lighter has suggested a connection to the seventeenth-century ballad "The Three Ravens".^[eleven]

"When Johnny Comes Marching Dwelling" is also sung to the same melody as "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" and is often thought to have been a rewriting of that vocal. However, "Johnny I Inappreciably Knew Ye" was not published until 1867, and it originally had a different melody.^[12]

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

Alternative versions [edit]

Quite a few variations on the vocal, as well every bit songs set to the same tune 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 same melody. 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 song called "If the Johnnies Get into Ability,"^[15] which supported the Republicans James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur against the "Johnnies" (Democrats Winfield Due south. Hancock and William H. English language).^[16]

Lyrics [edit]

Illustration of a Zouave company on Ceremonious War era broadside of "When Johnny Comes Marching Domicile".

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

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

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

Become prepare for the Jubilee,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
We'll give the hero 3 times 3,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
The laurel wreath is ready at present
To place upon his loyal brow
And we'll all feel gay
When Johnny comes marching home.

Let love and friendship on that twenty-four hour period,
Hurrah, hurrah!
Their choicest pleasures then display,
Hurrah, hurrah!
And let each one perform some part,
To fill with joy the warrior's center,
And we'll all feel gay
When Johnny comes marching home.

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

"Johnny Fill Upwards the Basin" [edit]

"Johnny Fill the Bowl", which provided the tune for "When Johnny Comes Marching Abode", 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 fully, "For Bales! An O'er Truthful Tale. Dedicated to Those Pure Patriots Who Were Afflicted with 'Cotton wool on the Encephalon' and Who Saw The Elephant", was published in New Orleans in 1864, past A. E. Blackmar.

Lyrics [edit]

[i]
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 behind the scenes,
"And we'll all potable rock blind,
Johnny fill up the basin".

[ii]
We thought when nosotros got in the "Ring",
For Bales, for Bales;
Nosotros idea when nosotros got in the "Ring",
For Bales, says I;
We thought when we got in the "Ring",
Greenbacks would be a dead sure affair,
"And we'll all drink stone blind,
Johnny fill 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 up "Cerise River" with bagging and rope,
Expecting to make a pile of "lather",
"And we'll all potable rock blind,
Johnny fill 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;
But Taylor and Smith, with ragged ranks,
Burned up the cotton and whipped old Banks,
"And we'll all drink rock blind,
Johnny fill up the bowl".

[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 dorsum and cursed and swore,
For nosotros got no cotton wool at Thousand Ecore,
"And we'll all drink rock blind,
Johnny make full the basin".

[half-dozen]
Now permit usa all give praise and thanks,
For Bales, for Bales;
Now let united states all give praise and thanks,
For Bales, says I;
At present let us all give praise and thanks,
For the victory gained past Full general Banks,
"And we'll all drink stone blind,
Johnny fill up the bowl".^[18]

Notable recordings [edit]

• Morton Gould's classical system "American Salute" of the song (1943).
• Harris, Roy (1934), When Johnny Comes Marching Home — An American Overture .
• The Andrews Sisters, a "Swing Era" sis act sang an upbeat "swing" version in the 1940s.
• British popular vocalist Adam Religion sang a version titled "Johnny Comes Marching Home", used over the opening and closing championship credits for the British criminal offence thriller Never Let Become (1960). This version was arranged and conducted by John Barry. Another version was released as a single, reaching No. 5 in the United kingdom 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 anthology Macadam Massacre (1983).
• American vocalist Angel Snow's rendition of the song 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 own version of the song, titled "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya", using sometime Irish lyrics to the vocal's beat.
• Jacob Miller used the melody for his song "Peace Treaty", which was written for the 1 Love Peace Concert in Kingston, Jamaica, on April 22, 1978, to gloat a peace treaty between the opposing leading parties.
• Folk band Ye Banished Privateers recorded the melody with lyrics almost undead sailors equally 'When Ye Expressionless Come up Sailing Dwelling' for their album Songs And Curses.
• Guns North' 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 vocal "Os animais" on the 2007 Camiños da fin da terra anthology.
• The tune of the song was used for the vocal "Brave Sir Robin" in the 1975 flick Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

References [edit]

1. ^ Lighter, pp. 16–17.
2. ^ Lighter, p. 16.
3. ^ [1] ^{[ dead link ]}
4. ^ Peterson, Patti Jo (Baronial 30, 2007). "The Firm that O'Rourke Built". The Plattsmouth Journal: v.
5. ^ Peterson, Patti Jo (June 15, 2006). "The O'Rourke Firm". The Plattsmouth Journal: eleven.
6. ^ Lighter, pp. 70–71.
7. ^ Lighter, p. 17.
8. ^ Lighter, pp. eighteen–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. xv.
15. ^ Jay Nordlinger, "American Sounds: A niggling music with your politics – music at political conventions", National Review, 2000-09-eleven
16. ^ Haynes, Stan Yard. (2015). President-Making in the Aureate Age: The Nominating Conventions of 1876–1900. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 43. ISBN9781476623054.
17. ^ Lambert, "When Johnny Comes Marching Dwelling".
18. ^ "For bales" (PDF). Lcweb2.loc.gov . Retrieved 12 October 2017.
19. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness Earth Records Limited. pp. 192–iii. ISBN1-904994-ten-5.

Bibliography [edit]

• Erbsen, Wayne: Rousing Songs and True Tales of the Civil State of war. Native Ground Books & Music, 2008. ISBN one-883206-33-2
• Lambert, Louis (Patrick Gilmore). "When Johnny Comes Marching Dwelling house". Boston: Henry Tolman & Co. (1863)
• Lighter, Jonathan. "The Best Antiwar Song Always Written," Occasional Papers in Folklore No. i. CAMSCO Music and Loomis House Printing, 2012. ISBN 978-1-935243-89-ii

External links [edit]

• "When Johnny Comes Marching Dwelling house" , John Terrill (E. Berliner'due south Gramaphone (1893)—Library of Congress Performing Arts Encyclopedia.
• "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (Overview Folio—Library of Congress Performing Arts Encyclopedia.
• "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (Sheet Music), Oldroyd, Osbourne H. The Proficient Old Songs We Used to Sing, '61 to '67, —Projection Gutenberg.
• "When Johnny Comes Marching Domicile" - A Civil State of war Song Marches On
• MIDI and clarification
• Library of Congress copy, For Bales
• The short pic A NATION SINGS (1963) is available for free download at the Net Archive.

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