Long way to Tipperary - Tipperary Ireland - Immortalized in Lyrics on Waymarking.com

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"It's a Long Way to Tipperary" is a British music hall and marching song written by Jack Judge and Harry Williams (Henry James Williams), a song that, allegedly, was written for a 5 shilling bet in Stalybridge, on the 30 January 1912 and performed the next night at the local music hall. Judge's parents were Irish, and his grandparents came from Tipperary.[1] The song was popularised by the Connaught Rangers as they marched through Boulogne on 13 August 1914, witnessed by Daily Mail correspondent George Curnock, and reported on 18 August 1914. It was then picked up by other soldiers in the British Army. In November 1914 it was recorded by John McCormack, which helped contribute to its world-wide popularity.[2]

In 1917, a Miss Alice Smyth Burton Jay sued song publishers Chapell & Co. for $100,000, alleging that the original music was written by her in 1908, for a song played at the Alaska-Yukon Fair promoting the Washington apple industry. The chorus began "I'm on my way to Yakima."[3] The court selected Victor Herbert to act as expert advisor[4] and, in 1920, dismissed the suit, based on evidence that the authors of Tipperary had never been in Seattle, and on testimony from Victor Herbert that the two songs were not so similar as to suggest piracy.[5]

Musician: Florrie Forde, Julie Andrews Name of Song: Its a long way to Tipperary Relevant Verse: Verses as sung in early versions Up to mighty London Came an Irishman one day As the streets are paved with gold Sure, everyone was gay Singing songs of Piccadilly, Strand and Leicester Square Till Paddy got excited And he shouted to them there... It's a long way to Tipperary... Paddy wrote a letter To his Irish Molly-O, Saying, "Should you not receive it Write and let me know!" "If I make mistakes in spelling, Molly dear," said he, "Remember, it's the pen that's bad, Don't lay the blame on me! It's a long way to Tipperary... Molly wrote a neat reply To Irish Paddy-O Saying Mike Maloney Wants to marry me and so Leave the Strand and Picadilly Or you'll be to blame For love has fairly drove me silly: Hoping you're the same! It's a long way to Tipperary... An alternative concluding chorus, bawdy by contemporary standards: That's the wrong way to tickle Mary That's the wrong way to kiss Don't you know that over here lad They like it best like this Hooray pour les francais Farewell Angleterre We didn't know how to tickle Mary But we learnt how over there. [edit] See also Location website: [Web Link]

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