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Thread #66702   Message #1914828
Posted By: GUEST,Ole Bull
20-Dec-06 - 11:07 AM
Thread Name: Whiskey in the Jar - Irish? Appalachian?
Subject: RE: Whiskey in the Jar - Irish? Appalachian?
Ok; more for the obsession with this one.

I have a US version song sheet published 1858 by Oliver Ditson as "Whiskey in the Jug."

Words are pretty much the same, (ex. sub. "Jug" for "Jar"). Verse melody is different but the chorus melody is the same as today's standard.