Editing When Johnny Comes Marching Home (section)

{{Short description|American Civil War-era popular song}}
{{About|the song|the 1942 musical|When Johnny Comes Marching Home (film)}}
{{Infobox song
| name      = When Johnny Comes Marching Home
| cover     = When Johnny Comes Marching Home - Project Gutenberg eText 21566.png
| caption   = Sheet music cover, 1863
| published = {{start date and age|1863}}
| writer    = Louis Lambert {{a.k.a.}} [[Patrick Gilmore]]
| misc      = {{Audio sample
 | type        = song
 | file        = When Johnny Comes Marching Home - USMA Band.ogg
 | description = {{circa}} 1990 [[United States Military Academy|U.S. Military Academy]] Band performance
 }}
}}
"'''When Johnny Comes Marching Home'''" ([[Roud Folk Song Index|Roud]] 6673), sometimes "'''When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again'''", is a song from the [[American Civil War]] that expressed people's longing for the return of their friends and relatives who were fighting in the war.