(CIVIL WAR MUSIC) Lambert Louis [Patrick Gilmore] When John

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FIRST EDITION (CIVIL WAR--MUSIC.) Lambert, Louis [Patrick Gilmore]. When Johnny Comes Marching Home. 5 pages on 3 detached leaves, 13 1/4 x 10 inches; moderate foxing, partial inscription on title page dated 1864. Boston: Henry Tolman, 1863

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first edition of the best-known song of the Civil War, matching all of the points set out in Fuld, page 640. The lyricist Patrick Gilmore was a renowned bandleader and served as Bandmaster General during the war; he apparently adapted the melody from an earlier drinking song called "Johnny Fill Up the Bowl."