Tommy Makem did the definitive performance of Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya' for me.

He starts the song with a mixture of anger for having been deceived and sarcasm at
the "doleful damsel's cry" with the right reaction of bitterness which the actor Tommy Makem delivered so convincingly.

Then the song takes a shift. "I'm happy for to see you home" is a plaint so heartbreaking.

This will always be one of the main performances I remember Tommy doing.
The other is "Dick Darby, the Cobbler".

Tommy's "Johnny" was for me the most potent comment on anti-war ever done.

Frank Hamilton