The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #3116 Message #48562
Posted By: Steve Parkes
08-Dec-98 - 10:33 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Whiskey In The Jar
Subject: RE: Whiskey In The Jar
My two penn'orth:
I had it in the late 60's from Mike James of the Songsmiths as "They didn't take my fists, so I knocked down the sentry/And I bid a fond farewell to the judge and all his gentry" which rhymes, anyway.