"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" | |
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Song | |
Published | 1863 |
Songwriter(s) | Louis Lambert a.k.a. Patrick Gilmore |
Audio sample | |
c. 1990 U.S. Military Academy Band performance |
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (Roud 6637), sometimes "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again", is a song from the American Civil War that expressed people's longing for the return of their friends and relatives who were fighting in the war.