2004

When Johnny Comes Marching Home

The Winds of Destiny: American Songbook IV Song Collection

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" is for baritone, amplified piano, and percussion. It is the second song of George Crumb's The Winds of Destiny: American Songbook IV (2004). The audio recording provided features Thomas Hampson, baritone, and members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. The recording is from a live performance at Alice Tully Hall (New York City) on April 29, 2011 and has been used with permission.

Text

When Johnny Comes Marching Home
by Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore (under the name Louis Lambert)

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.

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.

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.

Audio

“When Johnny Comes Marching Home” (from “Winds of Destiny: American Songbook IV”)

Thomas Hampson (baritone) & member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center9:54

George Crumb

Composer

Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore

Poet(s)/Writer(s)

2011

Date

Alice Tully Hall

Location

Sheet Music

The Winds of Destiny

George Crumb

1. "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory"
2. "When Johnny Comes Marching Home"
3. "Lonesome Road"
4. "Twelve Gates to the City"
5. De Profundis: A Psalm for the Night-Wanderer (Instrumental Interlude)
6. "All My Trials (Death's Lullaby)"
7. "Go Tell it on the Mountain!"
8. "The Enchanted Valley"
9. "Shenandoah"

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