N°39 THE DUBLINERS - WHISKEY IN THE JAR

Nothing about the band this time since my time to write this is limited but let's give some background information about the song.

It's a typical Irish drinking song fom the southern counties Cork and Kerry. It is actually sung like this by Thin  Lizzy and Metallica while The Dubliners sing 'far farmed Kerry mountains'. It's a song about betrayal as well by the main character being a thief and robber but also about the woman he loves who betrays him with another man.

The song should origin back to 1650 since it has much similarities with a song called Patrick Flemming. Other sources say it originates to another song. We'll never know for sure I guess. It was also a very well know drinking song in America but there it got wraped by using mainly American characters. It appears on numerous albums since the 1950's around the globe. It even has Israëlian, Swedish and Russian versions so the least you can say is that it's very very very well known.

Enjoy,