Mitch Miller When Johnny Comes Marching Home ( HD)

When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1898) Although this song was born during the Civil War, it was not until the SpanishAmerican War (1898) that it became a national hit. Long before the Civil War this melody (almost note for note) was a touching old Irish streetsong, Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye, which described a young girl seeing her hopelessly maimed sweetheart for the first time upon his return from the war. The words of this song were written in 1863 by America s great Irish bandmaster (with General Nath