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Handsome Johnny by Richie Havens album cover

Handsome Johnny

by Richie Havens

About This Song

About "Handsome Johnny" by Richie Havens

A folk-rock protest song that marches with a mournful, insistent rhythm. Havens’ urgent delivery turns ‘Handsome Johnny’ into a tragic everyman—a soldier’s story that’s both a lament and a call to arms.