343. Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye (Traditional Irish)
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Uploaded by raymondcrooke on Nov 16, 2007
A traditional Irish anti-recruiting song. It is sometimes thought to be a parody of the popular American song "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again", but this was not written until 1863, when Patrick Gilmore wrote it (under the pseudonym, Louis Lambert) for his sister, Annie, who was missing her fiance, John O' Rouke.
This great anti-war song has been recorded by Joan Baez, The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, Dropkick Murphys and many others.
Note: Several people have asked me for the chords I use here. Lyrics and chords of (almost) all the songs I sing are on my website - http://www.raymondcrooke.com
Click on "My Folk Songs" , then "Irish Songs" on the left side and you'll find the song. (Songs are in alphabetical order)
You can see a playlist of my Irish songs here: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=373C27204B0BB31F
For lyrics and chords of my songs please see my website: http://www.raymondcrooke.com
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27 people didn't know Johnny at all.
10 months ago 20
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@NuclearParadox They probably prefer the Dropkick Murphys doing it.
10 months ago 10
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@GorlenBay Both are still great songs.
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Great, man! Great!
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fantastic
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go to wikipedia to see the fact about which song was the first.
The irish version comes form the 19 century, before the american version.
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Thank you
Correbombita 2 months ago 4
@Correbombita You're welcome.
raymondcrooke 2 months ago
I'm delighted to have discovered your singing and playing. You are the real deal, and you do justice to this poignant lament, a great song, a great rendition.
MerlePsyA 2 months ago
@MerlePsyA Thanks for all the comments on my songs. I hope you will find plenty more to enjoy on my channel.
raymondcrooke 2 months ago
Your songs are really great to listen at.
I love the irish songs. They are nice to hear while drinking beer aswelll ;)
Grüße aus Deutschland
FreddyKrueger118 2 months ago
@FreddyKrueger118 Thanks. I'm glad you're enjoying my channel.
raymondcrooke 2 months ago