On Wed Sep 15 18:47:57 1999 CDT, RhythmSh~ol.com wrote: >In a message dated 9/15/99 4:01:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >pau~ebone.com.au writes: > ><< Ken Hildebrand wrote: > > > The first song that popped into my head was > > "When Johnny Comes Marching Home". I'm not sure > > war era this song came from (WW II, WW I ?), > > Purely as a point of interest, and nothing more, this tune is attributed to > Patrick Gilmore and is dated 1863. > > Cheers, > > Paul Farmer, > (back in) Canberra, > Australia >> > >He's a great (many times) uncle of mine and the song was a Civil War era >piece. > >Bernie (Gilmore on the maternal side) Clarke
The Irish version of this song is called "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye".. I don't know it's vintage, but it has a reference to a military campaign in Ceylon - early 19th century. I understand it was popular in America during the Civil War.
