The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #111401 Message #2346621
Posted By: GUEST,Volgadon
22-May-08 - 01:45 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Johnny I hardly knew ya
Subject: RE: Johnny I hardly knew ya
Sulloon might have been used because it scans better than India and still sounds exotic.
"If "Johnny I Hardly Knew You" started out with different music from "When Johnny Came Marching Home" at around the same time, neither could be a parody of the other, surely?"
The tune is irellevant, the words are the important thing.