![]() ![]() Until the South comes back again, beneath the Starry-Banner Īnd if John Bull should interfere, he'd suffer for it truly įor, soon the Irish Volunteers would give him Ballyhooly. Och, sure, we never will give in, in any sort of manner, Och hone! the slaughter that we made, bedad, it was delighting!įor, the Irish lads in action are the devil's boys for fighting. The Rebel blaggards soon gave way: they fell as thick as paynuts. We soon got into battle: we made a charge of bayonets: Whoo! says I, the Irish Volunteers the devil a one afraid is,īecause we've got the sugar bowl, McClellan, to lead us. I bid good-bye to Biddy dear, and all the darling children Ora, once in regimentals, my mind was bewildher. ![]() Till I 'listed for a Soger-boy wid Corcoran's brigade, sir. I used to cry out: Soap fat! bekase that was my trade, sir, Not long ago, I landed from the bogs of sweet Killarney I am a modern hero: my name is Paddy Kearney Theres whiskey in the jar Verse 3 I went up to my chamber, all for to take a slumber I dreamt of gold and jewels and for sure t was no wonder But Jenny drew me charges and she filled them up. Thin Lizzy Whisky in the Jar LyricistEric Bell, Brian Michael Downey, Philip Parris Lynott, Robertson, Traditional As I was goin over the Cork and Kerry. ![]() The song appeared in wording very close to its modern version in a ballad called "The Sporting Hero", or," Whiskey in the Bar," in a mid-1850s broadsheet.ĭuring the American Civil War the famed Fighting 69th, composed of almost all Irish, adopted the song as their own anthem but changed the lyrics and called the song “We'll fight for Uncle Sam.” Irish Traditional Song 1960sThin Lizzy - Whiskey in The Jar (Single 1972, Album Vagabonds of the Western World 1973) Philip Lynott - Vocals, Bass Eric Bell. ![]()
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