I first produced me pistol for she stole away me rapier Up comes a band of footmen and likewise captain Farrell Then sent for captain Farrell to be ready for the slaughterĪnd 't was early in the morning, just before I rose to travel I dreamt of gold and jewels and for sure 't was no wonderīut Jenny blew me charges and she filled them up with water I went up to my chamber, all for to take a slumber She sighed and she swore that she never would deceive meīut the devil take the women for they never can be easy I put it in me pocket and I took it home to Jenny I counted out his money and it made a pretty penny
Wack fall the daddy-o, wack fall the daddy-o Saying "Stand and deliver" for he were a bold deceiver I first produced my pistol and I then produced my rapier I met with captain Farrell and his money he was counting more »īecome A Better Singer In Only 30 Days, With Easy Video Lessons! As I was a goin' over the far famed Kerry mountains In 2019, Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams performed a cover of the song on his album Shine a Light. The American metal band Metallica in 1998 played a version very similar to that of Thin Lizzy's, though with a heavier sound, winning a Grammy for the song in 2000 for Best Hard Rock Performance. In 1990, The Dubliners re-recorded the song with The Pogues with a faster rocky version charting at No.4 in Ireland and No.63 in the UK. The Irish rock band Thin Lizzy hit the Irish and British pop charts with the song in 1973. S., the song was popularized by The Highwaymen, who recorded it on their 1962 album Encore. The song first gained wide exposure when the Irish folk band The Dubliners performed it internationally as a signature song, and recorded it on three albums in the 1960s. The song, about a rapparee (highwayman) who is betrayed by his wife or lover, is one of the most widely performed traditional Irish songs and has been recorded by numerous artists since the 1950s. "Whiskey in the Jar" is an Irish traditional song set in the southern mountains of Ireland, often with specific mention of counties Cork and Kerry.
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