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Thread #73   Message #1947292
Posted By: Jim Dixon
24-Jan-07 - 11:43 PM
Thread Name: Versions: Whiskey you're the devil
Subject: Lyr Add: WHISKEY YOU'RE THE DIVIL
From sheet music found at The Library of Congress American Memory Collection:

WHISKEY YOU'RE THE DIVIL.
IRISH COMIC SONG.
Written and Composed by Jerry Barrington.
Arrd. By R. Steirly.
New York: E. H. Harding, 1873.

1. Now, brave boys, we're on for marching,
Off to Portigil and Spain.
Drums are beating, colors flying,
Divil a home we'll go again.

CHORUS: Love, farewell.
With my re arruh arrah, with my re arruh arrah,
My re arruh a raddy, oh! There's whiskey in the jar.
Oh, whiskey, you're the Divil. You've led me astray,
Over hills, and over mountains, and out of the way.
You're stronger, sweeter, decenter, and spunkyer than tea.
Oh, whiskey, you're my darling, drunk or sober.

2. Says the mother, "Do not wrong me.
Do not take my daughter from me,
For if you do, I will torment you,
And after death, my ghost will haunt you."

3. Now the drums are beating boldly.
Men are dying hot and coldly.
Give ev'ry man his flask of powder,
And his fire-lock on his shoulder.