Dubliners - Wiskey In The Jar lyrics

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As I was going over the Kilmagenny mountain<br />

I saw with captain Farrell and his money he was counting.<br />

I first produced my pistol, and then produced my rapier.<br />

I Said stand and deliver, for I am a bold deceiver,<br />

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Kertos{je: musha ring dumma do damma da ( tai jotain )<br />

Whack for my daddy 'ol<br />

Whack for my daddy 'ol<br />

There's whiskey in the jar<br />

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I counted out his money, and it made a pretty penny.<br />

I put it in my pocket and I brought it home to Marley.<br />

She said and she swore, that she never would leave me,<br />

But the devil take the women, for they never can be easy<br />

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Kertos{e, elikk{ Chorus<br />

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I went into my chamber, for to take a slumber,<br />

I dreamt of gold and jewels and for sure it was no wonder.<br />

But Jenny took my charges and she filled them up with water,<br />

And send for captain Farrel to be ready for the slaughter.<br />

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It was early in the morning, before I rose to travel,<br />

The guards were all around me and likewise captain Farrel.<br />

I first produced my pistol, for she stole away my rapier,<br />

But I couldn't shoot the water so a prisoner I was taken.<br />

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If anyone can aid me, it's my brother in the army,<br />

If I can find his station in Cork or in Killarney.<br />

And if he'll come and save me, we'll go roving near Kilkenny,<br />

And I swear he'll treat me better than me darling sportling Jenny<br />

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Now some men take delight in the drinking and the roving,<br />

But others take delight in the gambling and the smoking.<br />

But I take delight in the juice of the barley,<br />

And courting pretty Jenny in the morning bright and early<br />

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