How to Play When Johnny Comes Marching Home on the 6 Hole Ocarina

About When Johnny Comes Marching Home

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This is one of the best known songs of the American Civil War. The bandmaster Patrick Gilmore published it in 1863 under the pen name Louis Lambert, and people on both sides took it up as a hopeful picture of soldiers returning. The melody is usually played in a minor key, and it has long been tied to the older Irish tune “Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye,” though which one came first is still argued.

On a 6-hole ocarina this is a good workout rather than a first song. The line climbs into the upper register and touches a high E, so the tricky part is keeping those top notes clean and in tune as the melody rises.

When Johnny Comes Marching Home Lyrics

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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.

When Johnny Comes Marching Home Ocarina Tab

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