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Whiskey In The Jar by Thin Lizzy
Genre: Hard Rock
Year: 1970
Year: 1970
"Whiskey in the Jar" is a famous Irish traditional song about a highwayman (usually in the Cork and Kerry mountains), who is betrayed by his wife or lover. One of the most widely performed traditional Irish songs, it is also particularly known through its 1970s chart version by the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy. It is sung with many variants on locations and names; a typical version begins:
As I was a-walkin round Kilgary MountainRead full article at wikipedia.org
I met Colonel Pepper and his money he was countin,
I rattled me pistols and I drew forth me saber,
Sayin "Stand and deliver, for I am the bold deceiver!"
Musha rig um du rum da, / Whack fol the daddy O,
Whack fol the daddy O, / Theres whiskey in the jar.
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