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JOHNNY, FILL UP THE BOWL (Lion Suas An Cupan A Seanin). AKA and see "Johnny I Hardly Knew You," "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye," "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again." Irish, Air (6/8 time, "spirited"). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). From a song written by John J. Daly in America, in 1863. See Talk:Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye for more.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 468, p. 82.

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