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Och, sure, we never will give in, in any sort of manner, Och hone! the slaughter that we made, bedad, it was delighting!įor, the Irish lads in action are the devil's boys for fighting. The Rebel blaggards soon gave way: they fell as thick as paynuts. We soon got into battle: we made a charge of bayonets: Whoo! says I, the Irish Volunteers the devil a one afraid is,īecause we've got the sugar bowl, McClellan, to lead us. I bid good-bye to Biddy dear, and all the darling children Ora, once in regimentals, my mind was bewildher.

Till I 'listed for a Soger-boy wid Corcoran's brigade, sir. MP3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management (DRM) technology. 'Whiskey in a Jar' has been recorded by dozens upon dozens of traditional artists, but has also been taken in a rock and roll direction, first by Thin Lizzy (who recorded a version learned from Irish trad sources), and then by the Grateful Dead (who recorded a version learned from American trad sources), and then most successfully by Metallica. I used to cry out: Soap fat! bekase that was my trade, sir, Not long ago, I landed from the bogs of sweet Killarney Find album reviews, songs, credits and award information for Whiskey in the Jar Spectrum by Thin Lizzy on AllMusic - 2004. I am a modern hero: my name is Paddy Kearney The song appeared in wording very close to its modern version in a ballad called "The Sporting Hero", or," Whiskey in the Bar," in a mid-1850s broadsheet.ĭuring the American Civil War the famed Fighting 69th, composed of almost all Irish, adopted the song as their own anthem but changed the lyrics and called the song “We'll fight for Uncle Sam.”