When Johnny Comes Marching Home
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"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" is a popular American Civil War–era song that has since become a well-known patriotic and folk standard.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Civil War song
ⓘ
American patriotic song ⓘ song ⓘ |
| basedOn | Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalSignificance |
iconic American Civil War song
ⓘ
widely recognized in American popular culture ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceEra | 1860s ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
folk
ⓘ
march ⓘ patriotic song ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
film and television soundtracks
ⓘ
instrumental band arrangements ⓘ numerous lyrical parodies ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChorusLine | When Johnny comes marching home again, hurrah, hurrah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | strophic song ⓘ |
| hasImagery |
bells ringing
ⓘ
children cheering ⓘ community celebration ⓘ music playing ⓘ |
| hasMeter | march rhythm ⓘ |
| hasMood |
festive
ⓘ
triumphant ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
homecoming
ⓘ
patriotism ⓘ soldiers returning from war ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later American patriotic music ⓘ |
| isIncludedIn |
collections of American folk songs
ⓘ
collections of Civil War songs ⓘ |
| isStandard |
American patriotic standard
ⓘ
folk standard ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn | American music education ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Patrick Gilmore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricistPseudonym | Louis Lambert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | joyful celebration of soldiers’ return ⓘ |
| title | When Johnny Comes Marching Home NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInContext |
military bands
ⓘ
parades ⓘ patriotic events ⓘ |
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