Talk:When Johnny Comes Marching Home

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When we were kids, we used to laugh at the line "And we'll all feel gay" right before "When Johnny comes marching home". It appears that someone has vandalized the page, and removed that line. I'm adding it back. And "Gay" in this sense means "Glad".

The Clash's song "English Civil War" used the melody of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home", and incorporated the first line:

"When Johnny comes marching home again, hurrah, ta dah, He's coming by bus or underground, hurrah, ta dah"

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Original sheet music (1863) gives credit for words and music to Louis Lambert. -AlvinMGO 23:24, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

This was apparently a pseudonym JQ 07:51, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

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Is Buttermilk Hill/Johnny's Gone for a Soldier related to WJCMH? There are some places that say WJCMH is a "sequel" of sorts to Johnny's Gone. Percy Hall's website has them grouped into a single presentation, called "Johnny's a Soldier". --2ltben 13:58, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

the entry's author didn't remember to mention Morton Gould's "American Salute"... 83.29.63.141 (talk) 16:57, 11 December 2007 (UTC) joanda

[edit] Unsourced

However, expert James Fuld, author of the standard text on popular music, The Book of World Famous Music, states on page 640 of that volume that Donal O'Sullivan, the Irish authority, has written the Library of Congress that he does not consider the melody of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" as Irish in origin. As stated, no printed music of Irish origin has been discovered that predates American publication in September of 1863 by Henry Tolman in Boston under the title "When Johnny Comes Marching Home". Library of Congress records do show a title "Johnny Fill Up The Bowl" that was published in July of 1863 by John J. Daly that appears to contain the song's melody.

Since when was "Irish Authority" a respected or bona fide title -- this has all the credibility of some bloke down the pub that reads lots of books on Irish music. If this person is a genuine academic then publish a source. You might then also rewrite the whole article because it's a mess.

100% pure Wikiality.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.42.129.162 (talk) 19:49, 11 December 2007 (UTC) 

[edit] Funny text

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And we'll all feel gay when Johnny comes marching home

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Sounds like little Johnny is one lucky fellow! Certifiedbookslicer (talk) 14:02, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

No, it doesn't. This isn't the place for middle school humor. Tithonfury (talk) 04:05, 22 April 2008 (UTC)