Whiskey in the Jar

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" Whiskey in the Jar " is a traditional Irish song mounted in the southern mountains of Ireland, often by specifying Cork and Kerry counties, as well as Fenit, a village in County Kerry. The song is about rapparee, betrayed by his wife or lover, and is one of Ireland's most widely played traditional songs. It has been recorded by many professional artists since the 1950s.

The origins of the song come from the traditional folk song "The Highwayman and the Captain" sung in the suburbs of Edinburgh. In 1967, the Irish folk band The Beasley Brothers rewrote the song as Whiskey in the Jar and incorporate their own twist into lyrics and melodies.

The song first gained wide exposure when the Irish folk band The Dubliners presented it internationally as a signature song, and recorded it on three albums in the 1960s. In the US, the song was popularized by The Highwaymen, from the fame of "Michael Row the Boat Ashore", which recorded it on their 1962 album Encore (United Artists UAL 3225, mono and UAS 6225, stereo). Building on their success, Irish rock band Thin Lizzy hit the Irish and British charts with a song in 1973. In 1990 The Dubliners re-recorded the song with The Pogues with a rocky version that charted faster in No.4 in Ireland and No.63 in English. American Metallica's metal band took it to a wider rock audience in 1998 with a version that looked very similar to Thin Lizzy, though with a heavier voice, won a Grammy for the song in 2000 for Best Hard Rock Performance.

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Story

"Whiskey in the Jar" is the story of a street peddler or footpad who, having robbed a military or government official, was betrayed by a woman; whether his wife or his lover is not made clear. Various versions of the song take place in Kerry, Kilmoganny, Cork, Sligo Town, and other places across Ireland. Sometimes it is also placed in South America, in various places between the Ozarks or the Appalachians, probably because of Irish settlements in these places. The name in the song changes, and officials can be a Captain or Colonel, called Farrell or Pepper among other names. Protagonist's wife or lover is sometimes called Molly, Jenny, Emzy, or Ginny among many other names. Details of betrayal are also different, either betraying the person who was robbed and replacing his ammunition with sand or water, or not, resulting in him killing the person.

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History

The origin of this song is unknown. A number of lines and plots are similar to the contemporary ballad "Patrick Fleming" (also called "Patrick Flemmen he's a Valiant Soldier") about Irish fool Patrick Fleming, who was executed in 1650.

In Folk Songs of North America, folk music historian Alan Lomax points out that the song originated in the 17th century, and (based on the similarity of the plot) that John Gay's 1728 The Beggar's Opera inspired by Gay to hear Irish ballad singers sing "Whiskey in the Jar". With regard to the history of the song, Lomax stated, "The seventeenth-century British folk liked and admired their local street capture, and in Ireland (or Scotland) where gentlemen in the street robbed British landlords, they were regarded as national patriots. inspire this rolling ballad. "

At some point, the song came to the United States and became a favorite in Colonial America because of his disrespectful attitude towards British officials. The American version is sometimes set in America and dealing with American characters. One such version, from Massachusetts, is about Alan McCollister, an Irish-American soldier who was sentenced to death by hanging for robbing British officials.

The song appears in close proximity to its modern version on a precursor called "The Sporting Hero, or, Whiskey in the Bar" in the mid-1850s.

The collector of Colm ÃÆ' â € Å"Lochlainn, in his book Irish Street Ballads, described how his mother learned "Whiskey in the Jar" in Limerick in 1870 from a man named Buckley from Cork. When O Lochlainn put the song in Irish Street Ballads, he wrote the lyrics from memory when he learned it from his mother. He calls the song "There Whiskey in the Jar", and the lyrics are almost identical to the versions used by Irish bands in the 1960s like the Dubliners. The O Lochlainn version refers to "Kerry mountain far fam'd" rather than the Cork and Kerry mountains, as it appears in several versions.

The song also appears with the title "There Whiskey in the Jar" in Joyce's collection, but it only includes a melodic line with no lyrics. The song version was collected in 1920 in Northern Ireland by song collector Sam Henry.

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Variations

"Whiskey in the Jar" is sung with many variations on location and name, including Grateful Dead version, a version by The Dubliners (which is often sung in traditional Irish music sessions around the world) and rock versions sung by Thin Lizzy and Metallica.

There is also a song about Irish troops in the American Civil War called "We Will Fight for Uncle Sam", which is sung to the same rhythm of "Whiskey in the Jar".

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Recordings

Partial discography:

• SÃÆ'Â © amus EnnisÃ, - Folk and Primitive Music World Library, Vol. 2: Ireland 1951 (Alan Lomax footage)
• Burl IvesÃ, - Irish Songs 1958, as "Kilgary Mountain"
• The HighwaymenÃ, - Encore 1962
• The Brothers FourÃ, - In People 1962, as "Kilgary Mountain"
• The LimelitersÃ, - Sing Out! 1962, as "Kilgary Mountain"
• Robert De CormierÃ, - Dance Gal - Gimme the Banjo 1964, as "Kilgary Mountain"
• The Seekers - The Seekers 1964
• Peter, Paul, and Marya - Song Will Be Rising 1965, as "Gilgarra Mountain"
• Joe DassinÃ, - MÃÆ'Â ¢ che ta chique 1965
• The Dubliners - 1967 (Album), 1968 (Single), 1969 (Album)
• Thin Lizzy - November 1972 (Single) September 1973 (Album)
• Euskefeurat - Mutta Herra Jumala 1982
• The PoguesÃ, - 1990, with The Dubliners
• MetallicaÃ, - Garage Inc. 1998
• Smokie (band) - Not Found 2000
• The Poxy Boggards - Lager Than Life 2002
• Johnny LoganÃ, - Ireland Connection 2007
• The High KingsÃ, - Memory Lane 2010
• BlaggardsÃ, - Live in Texas 2010
• Celtic ThunderÃ, - Heritage 2011
• Nolwenn Leroy - Bretonne 2011 (only deluxe edition)
• Tom Connors Stompin '- Stompin' Tom and The Road of Life 2012
• SantianoÃ, - Bis Ans Ende der Welt 2012
• Daniel Kobialka - as the "Gift of Dreams", the New Age version
• El Cuarteto de Nos - Habla tu espejo 2014, as "Whiskey en Uruguay"

The song has also been recorded by singers and folk groups such as Roger Whittaker, The Irish Rovers, Seven Nations, Off Kilter, King Creosote, Brobdingnagian Bards, Charlie Zahm and Christy Moore.

Contrary to popular belief, The Clancy Brothers never recorded the song. The confusion comes from the Irish Drinking Songs album, which consists of separate songs by The Dubliners and The Clancy Brothers, with the former doing "Whiskey in the Jar"; the same compilation includes Clancy Brothers singing "Whiskey, You're The Devil", where the line "There is a whiskey in the jar" appears several times. Liam Clancy recorded it with his son and niece in Clancy, O'Connell & amp; Clancy in 1997, and Tommy Makem recorded it at The Song Tradition in 1998. The High Kings, featuring Bobby Clancy's son Finbarr released a version in February 2011.

Thin 1972 The single Lizzy (bonus track on Vagabonds of the Western World) edition remained at the top of the Irish charts for 17 weeks, and the British release remained at the top 30 for 12 weeks, culminating in No. 6, in 1973. This version has been closed by U2, Pulp (first released on the 1996 album Various Artists Childline and later on deluxe edition Different Class in 2006) , Smokie, Metallica ( Garage Inc. 1998, Grammy winner), Belle and Sebastian (The Blues Are Still Blue EP 2006), Gary Moore (2006)), Nicky Moore ( Top Musicians Play Thin Lizzy 2008), Simple Mind ( Looking for Missing Children 2009), and Israeli musician Izhar Ashdot. This song is also in the live compilation of So Many Roads disc five.

In the bluegrass scene, Jerry Garcia and David Grisman recorded a version for the album Shady Grove . It has also been done by the bluegrass Scarecrows band and the Dutch band Blue Grass Boogiemen.

Icelandic folk band ÃÆ'žrjÃÆ'º ÃÆ'¡ palli was recorded in 1971 as "LÃÆ'fiÃÆ'  ° Er LotterÃÆ'" with lyrics by JÃÆ'³nas ÃÆ' rnason. LillebjÃÆ'¸rn Nilsen adapted it to Norwegian, as "Svikefulle Mari", on his 1971 album Tilbake . The Finnish band ElÃÆ'¤kelÃÆ'¤iset recorded the humppa version as the title song of their 1997 album Humppamaratooni . In 2007, Lars Lilholt Band made a Danish version, "Gi 'Mig Whiskey in Jar", for Smukkere Med Tiden album. The Estonian band PoisikÃÆ'ÂμsÃÆ'Âμ recorded "Hans'a ÃÆ' uhkaga" on the album Tii PÃÆ'¤ÃÆ'¤lt Iist in 2007. In 1966, the Yarkon Bridge Trio, an Israeli singer group, recorded a song titled "Siman Sheata Tsair "(" It Is a Sign That You Are Young ") is set to the" Whiskey in the Jar "melody; the song became a big hit and then covered by various artists, especially by Gidi Gov.

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References

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External links

• Lyrics of this song in MetroLyrics
• Whiskey in the Jar Lyrics and chords on Irish Music Daily

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