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When Johnny Comes Marching Home

Also known as: Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye

JigsKey: CBy Trad. Words Patrick Gilmore 1863Ireland, then USA6/8

Sheet music and tabs for When Johnny Comes Marching Home

Sheet Music for "When Johnny Comes Marching Home"When Johnny Comes Marching HomeJohnny I Hardly Knew YeJigTrad. Words Patrick Gilmore 1863 (Ireland, then USA)= 110AmCAmCEAmGAmEmAmGFEAmTranscription: Paul Hardy's Session Tunebook 2026 (see pghardy.net). Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA licenced.
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About this tune

When Johnny Comes Marching Home is a one-part jig in C major, written in 6/8 time. The tune contains about 0 bars and spans from C3 to E4. It is credited to Trad. Words Patrick Gilmore 1863. The source notes it as Ireland, then USA.

ABC notation for When Johnny Comes Marching Home

"Am"E | EAA A2 B | c2 B c2 A | "C"G4-GE | G4-GA |
"Am"EAA A2 B | c2 B c2 d | "C"e4-ec | "E"e4-ec ||
"Am"e2 e edc | "G"d2 d d2 B | "Am"c2 c cBA | "Em"B2 B Bcd |
"Am"e3 "G"d3 | "F"c3 "E"B2E | "Am"EAA A2 G | A3-A2 |]

Sheet music source:Paul Hardy's Session Tunebookbrowse the collection

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