Whisky In The Jar Lyrics

"Whiskey in the Jar" is a famous Irish traditional song, usually set in the Cork and Kerry mountains, about a highwayman who is betrayed by his wife or lover. One of the most widely performed traditional Irish songs, it has been recorded by professional artists since the 1950s, but was first given wide exposure by the Irish folk band The Dubliners who performed it internationally as a signature song, and recorded it on three albums in the 1960s. Building on the success of the Dubliners, the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy hit the Irish and British pop charts with the song in the early 1970s, and the American heavy metal band Metallica brought it to a wider rock audience in 1998. It is sung with many variants on locations and names; a typical songbook version begins: As I was a-walkin round Kilgary Mountain 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, / There's whiskey in the jar.[1] The Dubliners version is often sung in Irish traditional music sessions around the world and begins: As I was goin' over the Cork and Kerry mountains I saw Captain Farrell, his money he was countin' I first produced me pistol and I then produced me rapier Saying "Stand and deliver, for the devil he may take ye'!" (Same Chorus)