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Tune ID#2062 (Whiskey in the Jar)

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Whiskey in the Jar (1st in set Boney's Long March on MMWNBE)
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Here are all recordings of this song – considering only the indexed recordings.

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Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune?		 [Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~195119#1
[AL] World Library of Folk and Primitive Music: Ireland. Seamus Ennis (vocal).
~201713#2
[MMWNBE] Luke Deaton & Jayne Pomplas. My Mind Will Never Be Easy. Luke Deaton (accordion), Jayne Pomplas (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Lonely Waterloo		MMWNBE
Played beforeOn Albums
Whiskey, You're the Divil [Devil]		MMWNBE

Bibliography

I have found zero transcriptions of this song anywhere on the indexed books. Try my recommended links to other indexes if you need a transcription. If you want to actually learn to sing this song, simply learn it from a fellow singer or from a recording listed above. See also: Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music.

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1951
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