Alcohol Top Ten: Whiskey in the Jar (#5)
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (69126)
United States
June 8, 2022 10:46am CST
Gee, I keep bouncing between tequila and whiskey. That’s okay, it’s about the song, not the booze mentioned in the title. (Do that in real life and you may have a headache for a month or two. 
) I’m sure a few people had this one pegged to show up, and here it is!
#5: Whiskey in the Jar - Thin Lizzy
Hey, the boys are back in the countdown! 
This is a traditional Irish song, and Thin Lizzy was an Irish band. This doesn’t sound much like a pub tune, though, does it? If you want that, you’ll have to go to the version the Pogues and Dubliners did together. If this is too mellow, you may try the Metallica rendition.
That’s what happens with traditional songs. They get recorded a lot. Wikipedia lists people as diverse as Bryan Adams, Christy Moore, Jerry Garcia and David Grisman, Burl Ives, and Peter, Paul, and Mary. And the versions are about that diverse, too.
I think the best-known versions in the U.S., or in the rock world, are Metallica or Thin Lizzy, so I’m going with the Thin Lizzy version.
Drink up!
Whiskey in the Jar
Traditional, arranged by Phil Lynott, Eric Bell, and Brian Downey
Recorded by Thin Lizzy
Released as a single, 1972
The Cork and Kerry mountains:
) I’m sure a few people had this one pegged to show up, and here it is!
#5: Whiskey in the Jar - Thin Lizzy
Hey, the boys are back in the countdown!
This is a traditional Irish song, and Thin Lizzy was an Irish band. This doesn’t sound much like a pub tune, though, does it? If you want that, you’ll have to go to the version the Pogues and Dubliners did together. If this is too mellow, you may try the Metallica rendition.
That’s what happens with traditional songs. They get recorded a lot. Wikipedia lists people as diverse as Bryan Adams, Christy Moore, Jerry Garcia and David Grisman, Burl Ives, and Peter, Paul, and Mary. And the versions are about that diverse, too.
I think the best-known versions in the U.S., or in the rock world, are Metallica or Thin Lizzy, so I’m going with the Thin Lizzy version.
Drink up!
Whiskey in the Jar
Traditional, arranged by Phil Lynott, Eric Bell, and Brian Downey
Recorded by Thin Lizzy
Released as a single, 1972
The Cork and Kerry mountains:
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@FourWalls (69126)
• United States
8 Jun 22
This was long before their hit (“The Boys Are Back in Town”).
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@FourWalls (69126)
• United States
8 Jun 22
Thanks for drinking, come back tomorrow. 
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@FourWalls (69126)
• United States
8 Jun 22
@rebelann — it’s one of those songs — especially when the Irish bands like the Pogues do it — that I guess you have to be drunk for. 
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@FourWalls (69126)
• United States
8 Jun 22
There are so many different renditions of it, from pure folk to pure Irish pub, that you’re bound to find a whole lot of versions you don’t like. This is the one I used because it’s the first version of the song I heard.
This is the one I used because it’s the first version of the song I heard.2 people like this
@RebeccasFarm (90523)
• Arvada, Colorado
8 Jun 22
He was such a looker with his dark eyes and hair was Phil RIP
I got to see them years ago and met Phil in a pub in London.
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@FourWalls (69126)
• United States
8 Jun 22
He was good-looking. And wow was he energetic. They were part of my second-ever rock concert (a festival called Summer Jam II), and easily the best band all day.
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@RebeccasFarm (90523)
• Arvada, Colorado
8 Jun 22
@FourWalls Oh I am so glad you got to see them too Four Walls!! I also remember being in awe of their long hair American guitar player wow!
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@GreatMartin (23671)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
8 Jun 22
Never heard of Thin Lizzy!!!!
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@xander6464 (44431)
• Wapello, Iowa
8 Jun 22
@FourWalls It was a car.
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I wish they'd bring the Thin Lizzie. I miss running boards and I don't trust cars that don't have manual spark advance.
I wish they'd bring the Thin Lizzie. I miss running boards and I don't trust cars that don't have manual spark advance.1 person likes this
@FourWalls (69126)
• United States
9 Jun 22
@xander6464 — I like running boards, but seeing Don Fanucci in The Godfather Part II jump on one kinda made me glad they’re gone.
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@LindaOHio (182031)
• United States
9 Jun 22
Well, at least it wasn't country. I've never heard this one before.
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@FourWalls (69126)
• United States
9 Jun 22
Thanks for drinking, come back tomorrow. On second thought, the next one is country, so go watch the Key West cams instead.
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@LindaOHio (182031)
• United States
9 Jun 22
@FourWalls OK. Watching cams sounds like a better option.
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@RasmaSandra (80847)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
17 Jun 22
This is the song I love but by the Irish Rovers.
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@FourWalls (69126)
• United States
17 Jun 22
They definitely did it more in a “traditional” way. It’s funny how people can take the same song and make it a completely different thing. Christy Moore’s folk version sounds almost like a protest song.
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@FourWalls (69126)
• United States
9 Jun 22
Not the way they did it (or Metallica, for that matter).
But yes, it’s listed as “traditional.” The first US recorded version I saw was Burl Ives in the early 1950s, which means there’s no telling how many times it was recorded in Ireland or England before it made its way to our shores.
But yes, it’s listed as “traditional.” The first US recorded version I saw was Burl Ives in the early 1950s, which means there’s no telling how many times it was recorded in Ireland or England before it made its way to our shores.1 person likes this
@ochiroocash (11)
• Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
8 Jun 22
i like hennessy and remy martin
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