I have been a rover I have been a bold deceiver
But now I make me livin' with me pistols and me rapier
I don't know what I've stolen, but twould make a pretty penny
I almost lost it all to me darlin sportin jenny
Musha ring um dur um da
Wack fol the daddy-o
Wack fol the daddy-o
There's whiskey in the jar
I robbed colonel Farrel up on Gilgarry Mountain
I took the gold to Jenny just to help me with the countin'
But Jenny called the guards
Lord I never saw so many
I almost lost my freedom with my darling sporting Jenny
Musha ring um dur um da
Wack fol the daddy-o
Wack fol the daddy-o
There's whiskey in the jar
I'd like to find me brother he's the one that's in the army
I don't know where he's stationed
Be it Cork or in k**arney
Together we'd go roamin' o'er the mountains of k**kenny
I'd swear he'd treat me fairer than my darling sportin' Jenny
Musha ring um dur um da
Wack fol the daddy-o
Wack fol the daddy-o
There's whiskey in the jar
'Twas early in the morning at the barracks of k**arney
My brother took his leave
But he didn't tell the army
Our horses they were speeding
'twas all over but the shoutin'
Now we make our livin' up on k**gary Mountain
Musha ring um dur um da
Wack fol the daddy-o
Wack fol the daddy-o
There's whiskey in the jar
Musha ring um dur um da
Wack fol the daddy-o
Wack fol the daddy-o
There's whiskey in the jar