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Johnny Won't You Come Home Soon?

from Of Love and War by Roary Skaista

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I have included this song because although it is not explicitly stated I have always imagined from the plaintive tune that Johnny vanished with the morning dew when he went off to war. This song has been performed by artists such as Geraldine McGowan, Niamh Parsons and Whirligig, among others.

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LYRICS:

Here, Oh Johnny, won't you come home soon?
Winter is coming and I'm all alone.
A candle is burning in the window, love,
And the wild geese they are flying home.

A young man's love is something to behold.
First it burns but then it soon turns cold.
He'll whisper in the moonlight and your hand he'll hold,
Then he'll vanish with the morning dew.

And it's here, Oh Johnny, won't you come home soon?
Winter is coming and I'm all alone.
A candle is burning in the window, love,
And the wild geese they are flying home.

He will court you by a meadow in the summertime.
When first you love, it is the sweetest time.
He'll promise a golden ring and then one day
He will vanish with the morning dew.

And it's here, Oh Johnny, won't you come home soon?
Winter is coming and I'm all alone.
A candle is burning in the window, love,
And the wild geese they are flying home.

You'll be waiting for his footsteps in the lonely room.
Listen by the window. He'll be coming soon.
Your heart it will be breaking by the early dawn.
For he's vanished with the morning dew.

And it's here, Oh Johnny, won't you come home soon?
Winter is coming and I'm all alone.
A candle is burning in the window, love,
And the wild geese they are flying home.

So come all you maidens who are in your prime,
The young man's love is like the rarest wine.
When first you taste it is the golden time,
Sweeter than the morning dew.

And it's here, Oh Johnny, won't you come home soon?
Winter is coming and I'm all alone.
A candle is burning in the window, love,
And the wild geese they are flying home.

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from Of Love and War, released August 1, 2016
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Roary Skaista is a queer folk musician based in Oxford, performing traditional folk songs as well as their own material on the themes of love, nature and diversity.

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