Hurroo, Hurroo

This is what war is. Glory, victory, honor... all are incidental to the fundamental, inescapable horror and destruction it brings.

Here is some info on the song. There's debate about whether this or the seemingly more upbeat When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again came first. Johnny Comes Marching Home has always sounded to me as if it were intended to be heard ironically. I hear the music and I don't see a triumphant march back home; I see a funeral march. Maybe that's just me, though.