Metallica - Whiskey in the jar (WITH LYRICS)
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Channel: Viktor Vargas · 2009 · Music
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, from the album Garage Inc. Lyrics: 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 or the devil he may take ya" 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 loved me, no, never would she leave me But the devil take that woman, yeah, for you know she tricked me easy Musha rain dum a doo, dum a da Whack for my daddy, oh Whack for my daddy, oh There's whiskey in the jar, oh Being 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, musha rain dum a doo, dum a da, ha, yeah Whack for my daddy, oh Whack for my daddy, oh There's whiskey in the jar, oh Yeah, whiskey, yo, whiskey Oh, oh, yeah Oh, oh, yeah Now some men like a fishin' but some men like the fowlin' Some men like to hear, to hear the cannonball roarin' But 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 Musha rain dum a doo, dum a da, heh, heh Whack for my daddy, oh Whack for my daddy, oh There's whiskey in the jar, oh, yeah Whiskey in the jar, oh Musha rain dum a doo, dum a da Musha rain dum a doo, dum a da, hey Musha rain dum a doo, dum a da Musha rain dum a doo, dum a da, yeah
