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From: kfl@hoxna.UUCP (Kenton Lee)
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Subject: Re: `When Johnny Comes Marching Home'
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Date: Thu, 10-Jan-85 21:21:53 EST
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According to "A Folk Song History of America", by Samuel L.
Forcucci, (Prentice-Hall, 1984, ISBN 0-13-323130-5), "When Johnny
Comes Marching Home" was written by Patrick Gilmore, an Irish
immigrant writing under the name Louis Lambert.  He was the leader
of a Civil War military band.  The music and 2 versions of the
words are given in the book.