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Artist: Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore's Band
Author: Louis Lambert
Year: 1863
Bandmaster of the Union Army, born in Ireland. In 1883 Gilmore admitted he copied this melody from Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye, an Irish anti-war & anti-press gang song from the early 19th Century, when Irish troops were forced by the British to fight overseas in the far east. Sulloon in the lyrics stands for Ceylon/Sri Lanka.
Covers:
John Tasker Howard [in The Farmer's Son]
Adam Faith [in film Never Let Go]
Anita Carter [as Johnny, I Hardly Knew You, the original lyrics! (see headnote)]
Frijid Pink [as We're Gonna Be There]
Clash [in English Civil War from Give 'Em Enough Rope]
Dub Mentor feat. Anna Domino [with lyrics from both Johnny's, including from Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)