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Whiskey In The Jar

 

As I was goin’ over

The Cork and Kerry mountains

I saw Captain Farrell

And his money he was countin’

 

I first produced my pistol

And then produced my rapier

I said, “Stand and deliver.”

Oh, “Or the Devil, he may take ya.”

 

Yeah

 

I took all of his money

And it was a pretty penny

I took all of his money

Yeah, and I brought it home to Molly

 

She swore that she’d love me

No, never would she leave me

But the Devil take that woman

Yeah, for you know she tricked me easy

 

Mush-a-ring dum a do dum a da

Whack for my daddy-o

Whack for my daddy-o

There’s whiskey in the jar-o

 

Bein’ drunk and weary

I went to Molly’s chamber

Takin’ Molly with me

But I never knew the danger

 

For about six or maybe seven

Yeah, in walked Captain Farrell

I jumped up, fired my pistols

And I shot him with both barrels, yeah

 

Mush-a-ring dum a do dum a da, yeah, yeah

Whack for my daddy-o

Whack for my daddy-o

There’s whiskey in the jar-o

 

Yeah, whiskey

Yo, whiskey

Whoa yeah hey yeah, wow

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ho-ooh-oh

Yeah, hey yeah

 

Now, some men like a fishin’

And some men like the foulin’

Some men like to hear

To hear the cannonball roarin’

 

Me, I like sleepin’

‘Specially in my Molly’s chamber

But here I am in prison

Here I am with a ball and chain, yeah

 

Mush-a-ring dum a do dum a da, hey heh

Whack for my daddy-o

Whack for my daddy-o

There’s whiskey in the jar-o, yeah

Whiskey in the jar-o, yeah

 

Mush-a-ring dum a do dum a da

Mush-a-ring dum a do dum a da

Hey-ah

Mush-a-ring dum a do dum a da

Mush-a-ring dum a do dum a da

Yeah-eh