page_title: When Johnny Comes Marching Home
section_title: Lyrics
hierarchical_section_title: When Johnny Comes Marching Home / Lyrics
caption_attribution_description: English: Illustration of Zouaves from broadside of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home".
context_page_description: "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" is a popular 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.
context_section_description: The original lyrics as written by Gilmore, are:
  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.
  Later recordings end each verse with "And we'll all feel glad when Johnny comes marching home."
caption: Illustration of a Zouave company on Civil War era broadside of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home".
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