It's a long way to Tipperary

Time signature: 2/4
Tempo: Moderate to lively

Jack Judge & Henry (Harry) Williams (1912)

UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Notation, guitar chords and youTube keys all need to be checked.

Accordion Notation

Beats per bar = 2 (a "marching" beat)
Beat symbol = Dot ( . ) or equivalent

Inside row = Buttons 4 to 8* plus o6*
Outside row = Buttons 4 to 8* plus o1

Chorus;

"4 "4* | .5 .5~ | ~" "5 "5* "6* | .6 .7~ | ~. "7 "7* | .6 .5*~ | ~. .6 | :5~ | ~.
It's a long way____ to Tip - per - ar - y____,  It's a long way___ to go___.

"6 "4 | .5 .5~ | ~" "5 "5* "6* | .6 .7~ | ~. "6 "6 | .7* .5* | .6* .6 | :7*~ | ~. "4 "4* |
It's a long way___ to Tip - per - ar - y___,   To the sweet-est girl I know__!

.5 .5~ | ~. "5* "6* | .6 .7~ | ~. .r | .8* .5* | .6 .7* | :7~ | ~.
Good-bye__, Pic - ca - dil - ly___, Fare-well, Leices-ter Square_!

"6 "7* | .7 .7 | "7 "6 "7* "6 | :5* | .5 .6 | .7 .6~ | ~. .7* | :6~ | ~. .r |
It's a long long way to Tip - per - ar - y, But my heart's__ right there___.


Verse 1 (of 2 or 3)

"6 "7 "7* "6 | "5* "5 "4 "4* | "5 "5* "5 "4 | :5 |
Up to migh-ty Lon-don Came an Ir - ish-man one day.

"6 "7 "7* "6 | "5* "5 "4 "5 | "6* "6 "6* "o6*/o1 | :6* |
As the streets are paved with gold,  Sure, ev - 'ry - one was gay,

"6 "7 "7* "6 | "5* "5 "4 "5 | "6* "6 "6* o6*/o1 | ;6* |
Sing-ing songs of Pic - ca - dil -ly, Strand  and Leices - ter Square,

"7* | "7 "7* "6 "6* | "7* "6 "7* "7 | "6* "5* "6* "6 | .7*~ |
Till Pad-dy got ex - cit - ed, Then he shout-ed to them there:

Sing chorus once (or twice, if you feel like it) after each verse.

Embedded youTube VIDEOS

12 videos in various keys: A=1 A,Bb=1 Bb=3 C=4 G=1 G,A=2

Key: G

Singer: Anthony (Tony) Archibald

Posted by: threelegsoman

Key: C

Singer: Henry Burr

Posted by: Tim Gracyk

Other + Verse 1 + Chorus + Other + Verse 2 + Chorus

Key: Bb

Singer: Charles E Szabo, BMI

Posted by: Charles Szabo

Chorus only!

Key: G from time 0 to 3:08
A from 3:09 to End

Group: Hillbilly Troupe

Posted by: Hillbilly Troupe

Key: C

Singer: John McCormack

Posted by: paolabravo06

Recorded in 1914

Key: A

Group: The Brook Singers

Posted by: RTE - Ireland's National
Public Service Media

Key: A from time 0 to 1:22
Bb from time 1:23 to END

Singer: Eileen Donaghy

Posted by: Eileen Donaghy - Topic

Key: C

Performer: Alec Somerville

Posted by: ExPatist

Instrumental.

Chorus only.

Key: Bb

Band: The Royal Irish Rangers

Posted by: harrybeef

Instrumental.

Other + Chorus + Chorus + Other + Verse + Chorus

Key: Bb

Singer: One Man Barbershop Quartet

Posted by: A Cappella Trubol

Chorus only.

Bass, Baritone, Tenor and Lead (Alto?) voices.

Great harmony.

Key: G from time 0 to 1:43
A from 2:43 to END

Performers: Hector (on harmonica)
Rob (piano accordion)
Matty (guitar)

Posted by: bertosvids

Original is done in key of G
Parody is done in key of A

Key: C

Singer: Tiny Tim (aka Herbert Khaury)

Posted by: tiny tim

Tiny Tim, was an American singer and ukulele player, and a musical archivist. He was also a well known fan of the Maple Leaf hockey team. He died in 1996.

Guitar Chord Notation

Key of G
Key of C For others keys, use capo.

Chorus:
   G D7 G C G
C G7 C F C
It's a long way to Tip-pe-rar-y, It's a long way to go.

D7 G A7 D7
G7 C D7 G7
It's a long way to Tip-pe-rar-y,  To the sweet-est girl I know!

G D7 G C Am B7
C G7 C F Dm E7
Good-bye, Pic-ca-dil-ly,   Fare-well, Leices - ter - square!

G C G A D7 G
C F C D G7 C
It's a long long way to Tip-pe-rar-y, But my heart's right there.

Verse 1:

G D7
C G7
Up to might-y Lon-don Came an Ir-ish man one day.

G F#7 Bm
C B7 Em
As the streets are paced with gold, Sure, ev-'ry-one was gay,

G F#7 Bm
C B7 Em
Sing-ing songs of pic-ca-dil-ly Strand, and Leices-ter Square
B7 Em A7 D7
E7 Am D7 G7
Till Pad-dy got ex-cit-ed, Then he shout-ed to them there:

Background Materials, Information & Links

Original
Lyrics:

Verse 1

Chorus

Verse 2

Chorus

Verse 3 (added by some singers)

Chorus

It's a long way to Tipperary,  It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary,  To the sweetest girl I know!
Goodbye Piccadilly,  Farewell Leicester Square!
It's a long long way to Tipperary,  But my heart's right there.

Up to mighty London Came an Irishman one day.
As the streets are paved with gold, sure, everyone was gay,
Singing songs of Piccadilly, Strand and Leicester Square,
Till Paddy got excited,  Then he shouted to them there:

It's a long way to Tipperary,  It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary,  To the sweetest girl I know!
Goodbye, Piccadilly,  Farewell, Leicester Square!
It's a long long way to Tipperary,  But my heart's right there.

Paddy wrote a letter  To his Irish Molly-O,
Saying, "Should you not receive it,  Write and let me know!"
"If I make mistakes in spelling,  Molly, dear," said he,
"Remember, it's the pen that's bad,  Don't lay the blame on me!"

It's a long way to Tipperary,  It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary,  To the sweetest girl I know!
Goodbye, Piccadilly,  Farewell, Leicester Square!
It's a long long way to Tipperary,  But my heart's right there.

Molly wrote a neat reply To Irish Paddy O',
Saying, "Mike Maloney wants To marry me, and so
Leave the Strand and Piccadilly, Or you'll be to blame,
For love has fairly drove me silly, Hoping you're the same!"

It's a long way to Tipperary,  It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary,  To the sweetest girl I know!
Goodbye, Piccadilly,  Farewell, Leicester Square!
It's a long long way to Tipperary,  But my heart's right there.

Alternate
NL Lyrics:
Sing chorus at start & after each verse, twice at end.

Verse 1

Verse 2

Verse 3

Chorus: It's a long way to Happy Valley,  It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Happy Valley,  To the sweetest girl I know!
Goodbye Quidi Vidi,  Farewell Churchill Square!
It's a long long way to Happy Valley,  But my heart's right there.

Up to mighty St. John's came a Northern man one day.
As the streets were washed with oil, sure, everyone was gay,
Singing songs of Quidi Vidi, MUN and Churchill Square,
Till Billie got excited, Then he shouted to them there:

Billie wrote a letter  To his Northern Molly-O,
Saying, "Should you not receive it,  Write and let me know!"
"If I make mistakes in spelling,  Molly, dear," said he,
"Remember, it's the pen that's bad,  Don't lay the blame on me!"

Molly wrote a neat reply To Northern Billie O',
Saying, "Mike Maloney wants To marry me, and so
Leave your MUN and Quidi Vidi, Or you'll be to blame,
For love has fairly drove me silly, Hoping you're the same!"

Background Wikipedia Links:

Click HERE for additional (wikipedia) nfo about this song.

Click HERE for biographical (wikipedia) info on Jack Judge and Henry (Harry) Williams. It states that although both co-composers were "English", Judge's parents were Irish, and he had grandparents that came from Tipperary.

Click HERE for (wikipedia) information about the county of Tipperary in Ireland..