Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye

"Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye" (рус. "Джонни, я с трудом тебя узнала", другие варианты названия — "Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye" и "Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya") — популярная ирландская народная антивоенная песня. Она появилась в начале XIX века, когда ирландские войска служили Британской Ост-Индской торговой компании. В песне говорится о солдатах из местечка Атай (ирл. Athy) в графстве Килдэр, сражавшихся на Цейлоне (ирл. Sulloon) (в настоящее время — Шри-Ланка). Песня приобрела популярность, появившись в составе альбома "The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem". записанного ирландскими музыкантами The Clancy Brothers и Томми Макемом (англ.)русск. в 1961 году. Широко известна версия кельтик-панк группы Dropkick Murphys, вышедшая в их альбоме "The Meanest of Times" в 2007 году, а в 2008 выпущенная отдельным синглом.

Текст песни

Текст в издании 1888 года[1]. While going the road to sweet Athy, Hurroo ! hurroo ! While going the road to sweet Athy, Hurroo ! hurroo ! 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 ! " " 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 first beguiled ? Why did you run from me and the child ? Och, Johnny, I hardly knew ye ! With drums, etc. " Where are the legs with which you run ? Hurroo ! hurroo ! Where are the legs with which you run ? Hurroo ! hurroo ! Where are the legs with which you run, When you went to carry a gun ? — Indeed, your dancing days are done ! Och, Johnny, I hardly knew ye ! With your drums, etc. "It grieved my heart to see you sail, Hurroo ! hurroo ! It grieved my heart to see you sail, Hurroo ! hurroo ! It grieved my heart to see you sail, Though from my heart you took leg bail, — Like a cod you’re doubled up head and tail. Och, Johnny, I hardly knew ye ! With drums, etc. " You haven’t an arm and you haven’t a leg, Hurroo ! hurroo ! You haven’t an arm and you haven’t a leg, Hurroo ! hurroo ! You haven’t an arm and you haven’t a leg, You’re an eyeless, noseless, chickenless egg ; You’ll have to be put in a bowl to beg : Och, Johnny, I hardly knew ye ! With drums, etc. " I’m happy for to see you home, Hurroo ! hurroo ! I’m happy for to see you home, Hurroo ! hurroo ! I’m happy for to see you home, All from the island of Sulloon,* So low in flesh, so high in bone, Och, Johnny, I hardly knew ye ! With drums, etc. " But sad as it is to see you so, Hurroo ! hurroo ! But sad as it is to see you so, Hurroo ! hurroo ! But sad as it is to see you so, And to think of you now as an object of woe, Your Peggy’ll still keep ye on as her beau ; 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 ! "

Версия Clancy Brothers[2]. When goin' the road to sweet Athy, Hurroo ! hurroo ! When goin' the road to sweet Athy, Hurroo ! hurroo ! When 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 ye. (Chorus): 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 ye, Oh my darling dear, ye look so queer, Johnny, I hardly knew ye! Where are the eyes that looked so mild? Hurroo ! hurroo ! Where are the eyes that looked so mild? Hurroo ! hurroo ! Where are the eyes that looked so mild, When my poor heart you first beguiled? Why did ye scadaddle from me and the child? Johnny, I hardly knew ye! (Chorus) Where are the legs with which you run? Hurroo ! hurroo ! Where are the legs with which you run? Hurroo ! hurroo ! Where are the legs with which you run, When first you went to carry a gun? Indeed, your dancing days are done! Johnny, I hardly knew ye! (Chorus) 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 and ye haven’t a leg, Ye’re an eyeless, boneless, chickenless egg; Ye’ll have to be put with a bowl to beg: Johnny, I hardly knew ye! (Chorus) I’m happy for to see ye home, Hurroo ! hurroo ! I’m happy for to see ye home, Hurroo ! hurroo ! I’m happy for to see ye home, All from the island of Sulloon, So low in the flesh, so high in the bone, Oh Johnny, I hardly knew ye! (Chorus)

Варианты исполнения

• В версиях некоторых исполнителей присутствует следующий финальный куплет:

They’re rolling out the guns again,
Hurroo ! hurroo !
They’re rolling out the guns again,
Hurroo ! hurroo !
They’re rolling out the guns again,
But they never will take my sons again!
No they’ll never take my sons again,
Johnny, I’m swearing to ye!

• В версии Dropkick Murphys первая строка рефрена выглядит так: "We had guns and drums and drums and guns".
• Вместо "Where are the legs with which you run?" может стоять "Where are the legs that used to run?".

Известные записи

• 1961 — The Clancy Brothers и Томми Макем (англ.)русск.
• 1961 — Морин О’Хара
• 1969 — Фрида Боккара — песня "Johnny jambe de bois" из альбома Un jour, un enfant^[3], исполняемая на французском языке.
• 1993 — Джоан Баэз – Rare, Live & Classic. Джоан Баэз часто исполняла эту песню в первой половине 1970-х гг., выступая против войны во Вьетнаме и всех войн в целом.
• 2001 — The Tossers (англ.)русск. — Communication & Conviction: Last Seven Years. Также песня появилась в их концертном альбоме Gloatin' and Showboatin': Live on St. Patrick's Day.
• 2007 — Dropkick Murphys — The Meanest of Times. Песня также фигурировала в эпизоде американского телесериала Сыны анархии. В 2009 она появилась во втором концертном альбоме группы Live on Lansdowne, Boston MA.
• 2008 — Каран Кейси (англ.)русск. — Ships in the Forest.

Использования и переработка мелодии и стихов

• У группы The Cranberries в песне "Zombie" имеются строчки "With their tanks and their bombs, and their bombs, and their guns" — явная отсылка к припеву этой песни.
• Фолк-рок группа Steeleye Span в песне "Fighting for strangers" из альбома Rocket Cottage имеет похожий рефрен: "Johnny, what've they done to you", или же "Johnny what'll happen to you". В конце присутствуют и другие строчки:

You haven't an arm, you haven't a leg
The enemy nearly slew you
You'll have to go out on the streets to beg
Oh, poor Johnny, what've they done to you?

• Песня The Clash "English Civil War" из альбома Give 'Em Enough Rope включает части этого текста и мелодии.
• Мотив песни в той или иной степени звучит в гимне коммандос армии Колумбии, в исполняемой на матчах регби песне "I Met a Whore in the Park".

Другое использование названия

• "Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye" — название книги Кеннета О'Доннелла и Дэвида Пауэрса о годах президентства Джона Кеннеди, выпущенной в 1972 году.

См. также

• When Johnny Comes Marching Home (англ.)русск.

Примечания

1. ↑ Sparling, H. Halliday (Henry Halliday) Irish minstrelsy. Being a selection of Irish songs, lyrics, and ballads. — London : W. Scott, 1888. С. 491—493.
2. ↑ The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem (Tradition Records Label)
3. ↑ Frida Boccara – Un Jour, Un Enfant

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