When going the road to sweet Athy, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
When going the road to sweet Athy, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
When going the road to sweet Athy,
stick in the hand, a glass in the eye,
doleful damsel I heard cry:
Johnny, I hardly knew ya!

With yer guns and [bad word] and [bad word] and guns, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
With yer guns and [bad word] and [bad word] and guns, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
With yer guns and [bad word] and [bad word] and guns,
The enemy nearly slew ya;
Oh, me darling dear, you look so [bad word] 
Johnny, I hardly knew ya!

Where are the eyes that looked so mild, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
Where are the eyes that looked so mild, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
Where are the eyes that looked so mild,
When my poor heart you first beguiled;
Why did ya skeddadle from me and the child?
Johnny, I hardly knew ya!

With yer guns and [bad word] and [bad word] and guns, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
With yer guns and [bad word] and [bad word] and guns, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
With yer guns and [bad word] and [bad word] and guns,
The enemy nearly slew ya;
Oh, me darling dear, you look so [bad word] 
Johnny, I hardly knew ya!

Where are the legs with which [bad word]  Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
Where are the legs with which [bad word]  Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
Where are the legs with which [bad word] 
When first you went to carry a gun?
Indeed your dancing days are done.
Johnny, I hardly knew ya.

With yer guns and [bad word] and [bad word] and guns, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
With yer guns and [bad word] and [bad word] and guns, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
With yer guns and [bad word] and [bad word] and guns,
The enemy nearly slew ya;
Oh, me darling dear, you look so [bad word] 
Johnny, I hardly knew ya!

You haven't an arm, you haven't a leg, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
You haven't an arm, you haven't a leg, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
You haven't an arm and you haven't a leg,
You're an eyeless, boneless, chickenless egg,
You'll have to be put with a bowl to beg.
Johnny, I hardly knew ya.

With yer guns and [bad word] and [bad word] and guns, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
With yer guns and [bad word] and [bad word] and guns, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
With yer guns and [bad word] and [bad word] and guns,
The enemy nearly slew ya;
Oh, me darling dear, you look so [bad word] 
Johnny, I hardly knew ya!

I'm happy for to see you home, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
I'm happy for to see you home, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
I'm happy for to see you home,
All from the island of Ceylon,
So low in the flesh and so high in the bone.
Johnny, I hardly knew ya.

With yer guns and [bad word] and [bad word] and guns, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
With yer guns and [bad word] and [bad word] and guns, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
With yer guns and [bad word] and [bad word] and guns,
The enemy nearly slew ya;
Oh, me darling dear, you look so [bad word] 
Johnny, I hardly knew ya!

With yer guns and [bad word] and [bad word] and guns, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
With yer guns and [bad word] and [bad word] and guns, Ha-roo, Ha-roo,
With yer guns and [bad word] and [bad word] and guns,
The enemy nearly slew ya;
Oh, me darling dear, you look so [bad word] 
Johnny, I hardly knew ya!
####.... Author unknown. Variant of a 19th century British broadside ballad, Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye, published by H. Such (London) sometime between 1863 and 1885, and archived at the Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads, shelfmark: 2806 b.10(218) ....####