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When going the road to sweet Athy, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
When going the road to sweet Athy, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
When going the road to sweet Athy,
A stick in the hand, a glass in the eye,
A doleful damsel I heard cry:
Johnny, I hardly knew ya!

With yer guns and drums and drums and guns, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
With yer guns and drums and drums and guns, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
With yer guns and drums and drums and guns,
The enemy nearly slew ya;
Oh, me darling dear, you look so queer.
Johnny, I hardly knew ya!

Where are the eyes that looked so mild, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
Where are the eyes that looked so mild, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
Where are the eyes that looked so mild,
When my poor heart you first beguiled;
Why did ya skedaddle from me and the child?
Johnny, I hardly knew ya!

With yer guns and drums and drums and guns, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
With yer guns and drums and drums and guns, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
With yer guns and drums and drums and guns,
The enemy nearly slew ya;
Oh, me darling dear, you look so queer.
Johnny, I hardly knew ya!

Where are the legs with which you run, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
Where are the legs with which you run, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
Where are the legs with which you run,
When first you went to carry a gun?
Indeed your dancing days are done.
Johnny, I hardly knew ya.

With yer guns and drums and drums and guns, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
With yer guns and drums and drums and guns, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
With yer guns and drums and drums and guns,
The enemy nearly slew ya;
Oh, me darling dear, you look so queer.
Johnny, I hardly knew ya!

You haven't an arm, you haven't a leg, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
You haven't an arm, you haven't a leg, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
You haven't an arm and you haven't a leg,
You're an eyeless, boneless, chickenless egg,
You'll have to be put with a bowl to beg.
Johnny, I hardly knew ya.

With yer guns and drums and drums and guns, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
With yer guns and drums and drums and guns, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
With yer guns and drums and drums and guns,
The enemy nearly slew ya;
Oh, me darling dear, you look so queer.
Johnny, I hardly knew ya!

I'm happy for to see you home, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
I'm happy for to see you home, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
I'm happy for to see you home,
All from the island of Ceylon,
So low in the flesh and so high in the bone.
Johnny, I hardly knew ya.

With yer guns and drums and drums and guns, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
With yer guns and drums and drums and guns, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
With yer guns and drums and drums and guns,
The enemy nearly slew ya;
Oh, me darling dear, you look so queer.
Johnny, I hardly knew ya!

With yer guns and drums and drums and guns, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
With yer guns and drums and drums and guns, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
With yer guns and drums and drums and guns,
The enemy nearly slew ya;
Oh, me darling dear, you look so queer.
Johnny, I hardly knew ya!

####.... Author unknown. Variant of a 19th-century British broadside ballad, Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye, published by H Such (London) sometime between 1863 and 1885, and archived at the Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads, shelfmark: 2806 b.10(218) ....####

When [Em] going the road to [C] sweet Athy, Ha- [G] roo, Ha-roo,
When [Em] going the road to [C] sweet Athy, Ha- [G] roo, Ha-roo,
When [G] going the road to [D] sweet Athy,
A [C] stick in the hand, a [B7] glass in me eye,
A [Em] doleful [D] damsel [C] I heard [B7] cry:
[Em] Johnny, I hardly knew ya.

With yer [G] guns and drums and [D] drums and guns,
The [C] enemy nearly [B7] slew ya;
Oh, me [Em] darling [D] dear, you [C] look so [B7] queer.
[Em] Johnny, I hardly knew ya.

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