When Johnny Comes Marching Home

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (també coneguda per "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again") és una cançó popular de la Guerra Civil dels Estats Units que expressa el desig de la gent pel retorn dels amics i parents que hi combatien. Està basada en la cançó popular irlandesa Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye. La lletra la va compondre Patrick Gilmore, un director de banda, sota el pseudònim de Louis Lambert, mentre servia a l'Exèrcit de la Unió.

When Johnny Comes Marching Home

Forma musical	cançó
Àudio
Intèrpret	Burl Ives Dolly Parton (2003)
Tonalitat	sol menor
Compositor	Patrick Gilmore
Lletra de	Patrick Gilmore
Llengua	anglès

Lletra

Il·lustració d'una companyia Zuau en la Guerra Civil.

La lletra original, tal com la va escriure Gilmore, és la següent

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When Johnny comes marching home 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 feel gay When Johnny comes marching home. The old church bell will peal with joy Hurrah! Hurrah! To welcome home our darling boy, 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. Get ready for the Jubilee, Hurrah! Hurrah! We'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 home. Let love and friendship on that day, Hurrah, hurrah! Their choicest pleasures then display, Hurrah, hurrah! And let each one perform some part, To fill with joy the warrior's heart, And we'll all feel gay When Johnny comes marching home.

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Enllaços externs

• http://lcweb2.loc.gov/natlib/ihas/service/patriotic/100010360/100010360.mp3
• https://archive.today/20121212025711/lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200000024/default.html
• http://www.loc.gov/performingarts/