Biography:
The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem was an Irish folk music singing group that formed in America in 1956. Widely credited with popularising Irish traditional music in the United States, and revitalising it in Ireland (paving the way for an Irish folk boom with groups like The Dubliners and The Wolfe Tones), Tommy Makem left the group in 1969, after which the three brothers (Patrick "Paddy" Clancy, Tom Clancy, and Liam Clancy) became The Clancy Brothers subsequently joined by the fourth Clancy brother (Bobby Clancy).
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Other songs:
- Beer Beer Beer
- Brennan On The Moor
- Irish Rover
- Isnt It Grand Boys
- Jug Of Punch
- Mountain Dew
- Nell Flahertys Drake
- Old Maid In The Garret
- Red Is The Rose
- Rosin The Beau
- The Juice Of The Barley
- The Mermaid
- The Moonshiner
- The Shores Of Botany Bay
- The Wild Colonial Boy
- Tim Finnegans Wake
- When We Were Under The King
- Whiskey Youre The Devil
[Chorus]
D
Oh, whisky you’re the devil
G D
you’re leading me astray
Bm
Over hills and mountains
Em A
and to Americay
D D7
you’re sweeter, stronger, decenter
G Bm
You’re spunkier than tay
D G D A7 D
Oh whiskey you’re my darling drunk or sober
[1st Verse]
D
Oh now brave boys we’re on the march
Em A
And off to Portugal and Spain
D Bm
The drums are beating, banners high
Em A
The devil a home will come tonight
D
Oh love, fare you well
[Pre-chorus]
D
with a too da loo ra loo ra doo de da
Em A
a too ra loo ra loo ra doo de da
D G D Bm
me rikes fall too ra laddie-o
A D
there's whisky in the jar
[Chorus]
D
Oh, whisky you’re the devil
G D
you’re leading me astray
Bm
Over hills and mountains
Em A
and to Americay
D D7
you’re sweeter, stronger, decenter
G Bm
You’re spunkier than tay
D G D A7 D
Oh whisky you’re my darling drunk or sober
[2nd Verse]
D Em A
The French are fighting boldly, men are dying hot and coldly
D Bm Em A
give every man his flask of powder, his firelock on his shoulder, so its go, fare thee well
[Pre-chorus]
D
with a too da loo ra loo ra doo de da
Em A
a too ra loo ra loo ra doo de da
D G D Bm
me rikes fall too ra laddie-o
A D
there's whisky in the jar
[Chorus]
D
Oh, whisky you’re the devil
G D
you’re leading me astray
Bm
Over hills and mountains
Em A
and to Americay
D D7
you’re sweeter, stronger, decenter
G Bm
You’re spunkier than tay
D G D A7 D
Oh whisky you’re my darling drunk or sober
[3rd Verse]
D Em A
Says the mother do not wrong me, don't take me daughter from me
D Bm Em A D
for if you do I will torment you, when I'm dead my ghost will haunt you, so its go, fare thee well
[Pre-chorus]
D
with a too da loo ra loo ra doo de da
Em A
a too ra loo ra loo ra doo de da
D G D Bm
me rikes fall too ra laddie-o
A D
there's whisky in the jar
[Chorus]
D
Oh, whisky you’re the devil
G D
you’re leading me astray
Bm
Over hills and mountains
Em A
and to Americay
D D7
you’re sweeter, stronger, decenter
G Bm
You’re spunkier than tay
D G D A7 D
Oh whisky you’re my darling drunk or sober
D
Oh, whisky you’re the devil
G D
you’re leading me astray
Bm
Over hills and mountains
Em A
and to Americay
D D7
you’re sweeter, stronger, decenter
G Bm
You’re spunkier than tay
D G D A7 D
Oh whiskey you’re my darling drunk or sober
[1st Verse]
D
Oh now brave boys we’re on the march
Em A
And off to Portugal and Spain
D Bm
The drums are beating, banners high
Em A
The devil a home will come tonight
D
Oh love, fare you well
[Pre-chorus]
D
with a too da loo ra loo ra doo de da
Em A
a too ra loo ra loo ra doo de da
D G D Bm
me rikes fall too ra laddie-o
A D
there's whisky in the jar
[Chorus]
D
Oh, whisky you’re the devil
G D
you’re leading me astray
Bm
Over hills and mountains
Em A
and to Americay
D D7
you’re sweeter, stronger, decenter
G Bm
You’re spunkier than tay
D G D A7 D
Oh whisky you’re my darling drunk or sober
[2nd Verse]
D Em A
The French are fighting boldly, men are dying hot and coldly
D Bm Em A
give every man his flask of powder, his firelock on his shoulder, so its go, fare thee well
[Pre-chorus]
D
with a too da loo ra loo ra doo de da
Em A
a too ra loo ra loo ra doo de da
D G D Bm
me rikes fall too ra laddie-o
A D
there's whisky in the jar
[Chorus]
D
Oh, whisky you’re the devil
G D
you’re leading me astray
Bm
Over hills and mountains
Em A
and to Americay
D D7
you’re sweeter, stronger, decenter
G Bm
You’re spunkier than tay
D G D A7 D
Oh whisky you’re my darling drunk or sober
[3rd Verse]
D Em A
Says the mother do not wrong me, don't take me daughter from me
D Bm Em A D
for if you do I will torment you, when I'm dead my ghost will haunt you, so its go, fare thee well
[Pre-chorus]
D
with a too da loo ra loo ra doo de da
Em A
a too ra loo ra loo ra doo de da
D G D Bm
me rikes fall too ra laddie-o
A D
there's whisky in the jar
[Chorus]
D
Oh, whisky you’re the devil
G D
you’re leading me astray
Bm
Over hills and mountains
Em A
and to Americay
D D7
you’re sweeter, stronger, decenter
G Bm
You’re spunkier than tay
D G D A7 D
Oh whisky you’re my darling drunk or sober
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