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When Johnny Comes Marching Home

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home," Lyrics, Text Format

Minor tonality, pitched in relative major, where the sixth
(La) represents the tonal center.

 

Description

  • Grade: Fourth
  • Origin: Patrick Gilmore, 1863 (pseud. Louis Lambert)
  • Key: G minor, pitched in B flat Major
  • Time: 6/8
  • Form: through composed
  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ta ti | syncopation,
    | ta ti ta ti | syncopation, | ta/a ti | syncopation,
    | ta/a ti ri | syncopation | ta ti ti ti ti | syncopation
  • Pitches: intermediate: Mi So La Ti Do Re Mi
  • Intervals: intermediate: Mi/La (P4), Do\La (m3), So\Ma/So (m3), Mi8/Do/Mi8 (M3), Re\Ti (m3), Ti\Mi(P5)
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, sixteenth; pickup beat, tied notes, vocal slur, minor tonality where the sixth (La) of the major scale is the tonal center (relative Major B flat), syncopation
  • Key Words: Louis Lambert is a pseudonym for Patrick Gilbert, USA history, American Civil War, “Johnny I Hardy Knew Ye,” war between the sates, marching song, camp song, hurrah, hearty welcome, men cheer, boys shout, ladies all turn out, feeling gay, church bell peal, joy, welcome home, darling, village lads, lassies, roses, strew away, Jubilee, hero, three times three, laurel wreath, place, upon, loyal brow; contraction: we’ll (we will)

“When Johnny Comes Marching Home” 
1. 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.
2.
 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.
3. 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.
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