Poor Johnny's gone to War

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Theme code Index	5511 5211
Also known as	Poor Johnny's gone to the War, John Lover, John Lover's Gone, John's Lover is Gone, John the Lover, Tommy Love, Poor Little Johnny
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Region	United States
Genre/Style	Old-Time
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2
History	USA(Piedmont)
Structure	AB, AABB, AABBCC
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Poor Johnny's gone to War: Annotations

X:1 T:Poor Little Johnny S:Emmett Lundy (1864-1953, Galax, Va.) M:C| L:1/8 D:Library of Congress (1941) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A e-||e e/f/e c/B/ A>A A>e-|e/f/e/c/ Bc A>A A>e-|e/f/e/f/ ef A>A A>e-|e/c/e/c/ Bc A>A A>B-|| B>B B/A/B/c/ Ac/A/|B/A/F (3E/F/G/ A>A A2|[M:3/4]Bc A>A A2|B>B BB c/d/c/e/| [M:C|]B/A/F/A/ E2-E/A/c/A/ Bc|A>A A-A/B/-|B>B B/A/B/c/ Ac/A/|B/A/F (3E/F/G/ A>A A2| [M:3/4]Bc A>A A>B-|B>B BB c/d/c/e/|[M:C|]B/A/F/A/ E2-E/A/c/A/ Bc|A>A A-A/{c}e/-||

X:1 T:Poor Johnny's gone to War T:John Lover's Gone N:From the playing of Mark Simos, taught at Fiddle Hell, Nov. 2019, N:based on Emmett Lundy's version. M:C| L:1/8 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D [Af]-[Aa]-|[A2a][A2a2][A2a2]([Af]e)|d2 fd f2[Af]-[Aa]-|[Aa]fa2 f2e-f|d2 fd f2[Af]-[Aa]-| [Aa]faf a2b2|d2[df]d[d2f2][Af]-[Aa]-|[A2a][A2a2] [A2f2](e/f/e)|d2[d2f2][d2f2]|| [A2e2]-|[A2e2][A2e2] ([Ae]f)de|f2ed (B/c/B) A(3A/B/c/|d2[d2f2][A2e2]fe|d2[d2f2][d2f2][A2e2]-| [A2e2][Ae][Ae][A2e2]f-a|f-ded (B/c/B) A2-|A[Ae]- [Af]d[A2e2] ([Ae]f)|d6:|]

Poor Johnny's gone to War: Annotations