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