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Whiskey In The Jar (Traditional)
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Metallica
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(Has also been recorded by Thin Lizzy)
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As I was going over the Cork and Kerry mountains
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I saw Captain Farrell and his money he was counting
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I first produced my pistol and then produced my rapier
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I said "stand and deliver or the devil he may take you"
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Yeah
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I took all of his money and it was a pretty penny
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I took all of his money, yeah, and I brought it home to Molly
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She swore that she loved me, no, never would she leave me
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But the devil take that woman, yeah, for you know she tricked me easy
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Musha rain dum-a-do-dum-a-da
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Whack for my daddy-o
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Whack for my daddy-o
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There's whiskey in the jar-o
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Being drunk and weary I went to Molly's chamber
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Taking Molly with me, but I never knew the danger
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For about six or maybe seven, yeah, in walked Captain Farrell
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I jumped up, fired my pistols, and I shot him with both barrels, yeah
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Musha rain dum-a-do-dum-a-da, yeah-yeah
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Whack for my daddy-o
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Whack for my daddy-o
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There's whiskey in the jar-o
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Yeah, whiskey
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Yo-ooh, whiskey
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Yo-ooh, yeah-ee-yeah, ooh
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Yo-oo-oo-ooh, yeah
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Now some men like the fishing and some men like the fowling
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And some men like to hear, to hear the cannonball a-roaring
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Me I like sleeping, especially in my Molly's chamber
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But here I am in prison, here I am with a ball and chain, yeah
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Musha rain dum-a-do-dum-a-da, yeah-yeah
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Whack for my daddy-o
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Whack for my daddy-o
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There's whiskey in the jar-o, yeah
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Whiskey in the jar-o, yeah
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Musha rain dum-a-do-dum-a-da
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Musha rain dum-a-do-dum-a-da, hey
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Musha rain dum-a-do-dum-a-da
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Musha rain dum-a-do-dum-a-da, yeah
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