Song 5

Johny Has Gone for a Soldier

I can't tell when this song was written. When I first heard this it kind of confused me. Did Johny leave her for a soldier? The second time I listened to it I took it more seriously. Her Johny, who was with her and loved her, went away to war. It's a real situation, like dear John letters, and other stuff that happens in war, that lots of women lose their love of their lives. The song sounds really country, but I think it's cute. Really it could be a story from any war. Countless men leave wives and families out of duty or because they want the glory. Sometimes they have to. Throughout the US's history this same story plays itself out over and over again.