Joseph B. Geoghegan

Joseph Bryan Geoghegan (13 April 1815 – 21 January 1889) was a prolific English songwriter and successful music hall figure, known for "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" and "Ten Thousand Miles Away".

Quotes

• While going the road to sweet Athy,
  A stick in my hand and a drop in my eye,
  A doleful damsel I heard cry:
  “Och Johnny, I hardly knew ye!
  With drums and guns, and guns and drums,
  The enemy nearly slew ye;
  My darling dear, you look so queer,
  Och, Johnny, I hardly knew ye!"
  • "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" (c. 1867), st. 1
  • "'Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye' (Irish Folk Song)", jfklibrary.org (11 September 2018)

See also

• Patrick Gilmore
• Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye (book)

External links

• Jonathan Lighter, The Best Antiwar Song Ever Written, Occasional Papers in Folklore, no. 1 (CAMSCO Music and Loomis House Press, 2012)