Talk:Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye

message: In 1883, Patrick Gilmore announced that he had developed "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" from "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye."
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home: The Leader 10:12 (October 1885) 2; cited in Hazen, 127.
Therefore, I will edit the page correspondingly.
Academic decathlete (talk) 06:27, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I added the references to Lighter's book.  I have no interest in its commercial success - it doesn't seem like the kind of thing that's really published to make money anyway.  I do know Lighter slightly, in the sense that we're both on the same listserv.  Lighter is a distinguished academic and the book itself is well-researched, but the publisher doesn't seem to have done much to promote it, hence the lack of reviews and library purchases.  John M Baker (talk) 19:08, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: When Johnny Comes Marching Home

message: The first time I heard this final verse sung ("They're running out the guns again...") was in New York by prolific songwriter Tommy Makem during the run-up to the "First" Gulf War of 1990-91. This song had long been a regular feature in Makem's repertoire. I suspect he added the verse at that time, reflecting his strong feelings about the matter. I have no evidence to back this supposition up, but post it here on the talk page for what it's worth. Trevor Hanson (talk) 21:47, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The final, modern verse 

message: quote from the article: "Why did ye run from me and the child?" sometimes replaces "Why did ye run from me and the child?"
I don't know what it could replace, but replacing itself is quite philosophical, maybe someone could be so kind to correct this.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.179.194.122 (talk) 12:50, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why did ye run from me and the child 

message: Isn't this the song used at the end of the film Dr Strangelove? -- 87.144.116.248 (talk) 12:17, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: No, that's probably meant to be the iconic American Civil War song When Johnny Comes Marching Home, although, as it's instrumental, one cannot be sure, as they share the same melody, but the context would imply that it's WJCMH rather than JIHKY.88.131.91.2 (talk) 12:51, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dr Strangelove 

message: Could we put a mp3 file with the music to this song? There's got to be a non-copyrighted version, this song is in the public domain.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.173.109.115 (talk) 15:36, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Audio File? 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: "Originally seen as humorous" - I can't wrap my head around these lyrics being funny to anyone - someone loses both legs, both arms, and his eyes in  a war; who should find that humorous other than an out-and-out psychopath? --2A02:8108:8380:5060:0:0:0:2932 (talk) 2A02:8108:8380:5060:0:0:0:2932 (talk) 00:15, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Humorous?