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 Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye Jonathan Lighter, The Best Antiwar Song Ever Written, Occasional Papers in Folklore, no. 1 (CAMSCO Music and Loomis House Press, 2012) Category:1815 births Category:1889 deaths Category:Songwriters from England