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T: It's a Long Way to Tipperary
C:Words and Music by Jack Judge and Harry Williams.
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Q:1/4=120
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w:It's a
"G"D2 D3 D EF | G2 B4 BA | "C"G2 E4 G2 | "G"D6 B,C | D2 D3 D EF |
w:long way to Tip-pe-ra-ry, it's a long way to go. It's a long way to Tip-pe-
G2 B4 FG | "A"A2 E2 F2 G2 | "D"A8 | "G"D2 D4 EF | G2 B6 | "C"c2 E2 G2 A2 |
w:ra-ry, to the sweet-est girl I know! Good-bye Pic-ca-dil-ly, fare-well Leices-ter
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w:Square! It's a long long way to Tip-per-a-ry, but my heart's right there.
W:
W:Paddy wrote a letter To his Irish Molly O',
W:Saying, "Should you not receive it,
W:Write and let me know
W:If I make mistakes in "spelling",
W:Molly dear", said he,
W:"Remember it's the pen, that's bad,
W:Don't lay the blame on me".
W:
W:Chorus
W:
W:Molly wrote a neat reply
W:To Irish Paddy O',
W:Saying, "Mike Maloney wants
W:To marry me, and so
W:Leave the Strand and Piccadilly,
W:Or you'll be to blame,
W:For love has fairly drove me silly,
W:Hoping you're the same!"
W:
W:-0-Alternative wartime chorus-0-
W:That's the wrong way to tickle Mary,
W:That's the wrong way to kiss
W:Don't you know that over here, lad,
W:They like it best like this
W:Hooray pour le Francais
W:Farewell, Angleterre
W:We didn't know the way to tickle Mary,
W:But we learned how, over there
W:
W:The keen-eyed observer of WW I movies may notice that trenches were often named after
W:familiar landmarks back home, so the reference to "Goodbye Piccadilly, farewell
W:Leicester Square" would have had an extra depth of meaning for the troops.