Song Lyrics

While goin' the road to sweet Athy, hurroo, hurroo
While goin' the road to sweet Athy, hurroo, hurroo
While goin' the road to sweet Athy
A stick in me hand and a drop in me eye
A doleful damsel I heard cry
Johnny, I hardly knew ya

With your guns and drums and drums and guns, hurroo, hurroo
With your guns and drums and drums and guns, hurroo, hurroo
With your guns and drums and drums and guns
The enemy nearly slew ya
Oh, darling dear, you look so queer
Johnny, I hardly knew ya

Where are your eyes that looked so mild, hurroo, hurroo
Where are your eyes that looked so mild, hurroo, hurroo
Where are your eyes that looked so mild
When my poor heart you so beguiled
Why did ya skedaddle from me and the child?
Johnny, I hardly knew ya

With your guns and drums and drums and guns, hurroo, hurroo
With your guns and drums and drums and guns, hurroo, hurroo
With your guns and drums and drums and guns
The enemy nearly slew ya
Oh, darling dear, you look so queer
Johnny, I hardly knew ya

(Hey)
(Hey)
(Hey)

With your guns and drums and drums and guns, hurroo, hurroo
With your guns and drums and drums and guns, hurroo, hurroo
With your guns and drums and drums and guns
The enemy nearly slew ya
Oh, darling dear, you look so queer
Johnny, I hardly knew ya

Ye haven't an arm, ye haven't a leg, hurroo, hurroo
Ye haven't an arm, ye haven't a leg, hurroo, hurroo
Ye haven't an arm, ye haven't a leg
Ye're an armless, boneless, chickenless egg
Ye'll have to be put with a bowl to beg
Johnny, I hardly knew ya

(Hey)
(„Come on“)
(Hey)
(Hey)
(Hey)

(Hey)

With your guns and drums and drums and guns, hurroo, hurroo
With your guns and drums and drums and guns, hurroo, hurroo
With your guns and drums and drums and guns
The enemy nearly slew ya
Oh, darling dear, you look so queer
Johnny, I hardly knew ya

With your guns and drums and drums and guns, hurroo, hurroo
With your guns and drums and drums and guns, hurroo, hurroo
With your guns and drums and drums and guns
The enemy nearly slew ya
Oh, darling dear, you look so queer
Johnny, I hardly knew ya
Oh, darling dear, you look so queer
Johnny, I hardly knew ya

„Angelo Kelly, wuhu“
„Angelo“
„See ya, man“

„Also, meine Lieben
Unser nächster Gast ist einer dieser
Jungen Wilden, der letzten Jahre und, äh
Wir freuen uns wahnsinnig, dass er uns heute Abend hier auf der Bühne hilft
Denn er ist eigentlich einer von uns
Denn, obwohl er schon in jeder Großstadt dieser Republik gewohnt hat
Kommt er doch hier aus der Gegend
Und er ist auch wieder hierher zurückgekehrt
Und damit kommt er so ganz knapp, gerade so, aus dem hohen Norden
Bitte begrüßt mit uns, Wincent Weiss!“

Hartmut Krech, Mark Nissen

The duration of Drums and Guns: Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya is 4:48 minutes and seconds.