known (at least in  the United States) American Civil War song "When Johnny Comes  Marching Home Again". While the former tells the story of a soldier  coming back from a war heavily mutilated and broken, with the last  lines being "Theyre rolling out the guns again, but theyll never  take my sons again", the latter describes the celebrations that will  take place when the soldiers return from war: "The men will cheer  and the boys will shout / The ladies they will all turn out / And  well all feel gay / When Johnny comes marching home."