Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye by Joseph Geoghegan

With the drums of war sounding ever louder, here is one my favorite anti-war songs.

Published in 1867, but possibly written around the time of the Kandyan wars:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_I_Hardly_Knew_Ye

Sadly the lesson is the same for all the wars before and since. It is the men and women who return broken in mind and/or body and their families that suffer.

I love this recording by Benjamin Luxon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QL-lKe-Pj4

But the performance I will always remember was by a friend, Geoff Kell, at a local music night, probably over 10 years ago.

Some detail on the author(s) here:
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/hurrah-hurrah-frank-mcnally-on-an-irish-revival-for-the-composer-who-brought-johnny-home-from-war-1.3657613

And one from various hazy parts of Raymond Crooke:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j52opsoy60g

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