When Johny Comes Marching Home

When Johny Comes Marching Home

Both sides used this song  Patrick S. Gilmore- 1863

When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again,Hurrah! Hurrah!We'll give him a hearty welcome thenHurrah! Hurrah!The men will cheer and the boys will shoutThe ladies they will all turn outAnd we'll all feel gay,When Johnny comes marching home.

The old church bell will peal with joyHurrah! Hurrah!To welcome home our darling boyHurrah! Hurrah!The village lads and lassies sayWith roses they will strew the way,And we'll all feel gayWhen 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 nowTo place upon his loyal browAnd we'll all feel gayWhen Johnny comes marching home.

As people both in the North and in the South realized the harsh reality of the war, people began to think about their family returning home from the War.  When Johnny Comes Marching Home is about the triumphal return of a young man from the War.  It emphasizes how much the solidier's families wanted to see them.  When Johnny Come Marching Home has a long history of use on both the Union and Confederate side.