[Sheet music] When Johnny Comes Marching Home

Accession Number	PUB04626.008
Collection number	Sheet Music Collection 989
Collection type	Published Collection
Record type	Part
Item count	1
Measurement	Overall: 32 cm x 24 cm
Object type	Sheet Music
Place made	United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Date made	c 1927
Conflict	Period 1920-1929 First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions	Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.

Description

Sheet music for the song titled 'When Johnny comes marching home', written by Patrick Gilmore. This version has been published in the anthology 'Soldier Songs', arranged by Edgar Moy. The song was originally written in 1863 during the American Civil War by Union Bandmaster Patrick Gilmore under the pseudonym Louis Lambert. This arrangement only gives the lyrics for the first verse of the song.

Towards the bottom of this page is a sound recording of this sheet music, or a parody, that was created as part of the Music and the First World War project. More information about this recording, including names of the performers, can be found on the catalogue record for the sound recording. A link to the catalogue record for the sound recording can be found at the bottom of this page, under the heading ‘Related objects’ where it can be identified with the prefix [sound recording].