Poor Johnny's Gone to War / John Lover Is Gone

Music written by: [Traditional]
Comments: American, Song and Reel. USA; southwestern Va, western North Carolina. First recorded on October 18, 1929 by the Roanoke Jug Band as "Johnny Lover", and featured some square dance calls (which were prevalent at the time in most fiddle tune recordings).

Another fiddle tune with lyrics, Fall on My Knees, has essentially the same tune.
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Versions

	Title	Performer	Release date	Info
i	Johnny Lover	Roanoke Jug Band	1930
i	John Lover's Gone	Wade Ward	1965
i	John Lover Is Gone	Wade Ward and Glen Smith	1967
i	Poor Johnnie Has Gone to War	The Fuzzy Mountain String Band	1972
i	Johnnie Is Gone to War	The Pine River Boys	1973
i	Little Johnny's Gone to War	The Kimbles	1974
i	John Lover's Gone	The Hotmud Family	1974
i	John Lover Is Gone	Iron Mountain String Band	1975
i	Poor Johnnie Has Gone to War	Kirk Sutphin with Greg Hooven, Wayne Henderson	1994
i	Rock the Cradle Joe - John Lover Is Gone	Gerry Milnes & Lorraine Lee Hammond	February 16, 1999	Medley
i	Johnny Lover	New Roanoke Jug Band	February 4, 2003