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Anti War Lyrics for Trad Tune "Whiskey in the Jar"

category international | arts and media | opinion/analysis author Tuesday May 30, 2006 04:05author by Geof Bard - United for Peace and Justice/ Indymedia SB

1st Publication Worldwide at Ireland IMC, as Heard on US Radio and Stage

American fiddle player Geof Bard, a generalist known to appear at an occasional Irish sessions on the US west coast, occasionally attacks a guitar, and has been blasting Blair on the airwaves with his fiddle and this adaptation of WIJ, a tune which is occasionally, erroneously known in the states as "Killkenny Mountain". Wildly popular with Americans, the tune lends itself well to satire. Use at will. First publication worldwide.

No Point to This Bloody War
To the tune of
Whiskey in the Jar
The Fiddling Bard

As I was going over
The bloody news one night
I spotted Mister Blair
And his lies they were a countin'
I first produced me fiddle
Then rattled me whistle
Said stand and deliver
For you are a bold deciever

Chorus

MUSHURINGUM DURUM DAH
Bush and Blair the Daddy O
There's one thing they do not know
There's no point to their friggin' war

Oh I went out protestin'
The crimes of Tony Blair
Invadin for those weapons
But there were not any there
The only WMD
Were Bush and company
And they bombed the town of Bagdad
Like they really didn't care

Chorus

Early next mornin'
The bobbies kicked me door in
They did not have a warrant
Just said our country is at war
I fired off a fiddle tune
And blew upon me whistle
But they just dragged me off to jail
In the presence of me wife

Chorus

They threw me into prison
Without judge or writin'
They took away me fiddle
And they took me penny whistle
But they didn't take me fists
So I knocked that sentry down
And headed for me tavern
In good ol' Sligo town

Chorus

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Fine Use Of An Old Tune
author by pat cpublication date Tue May 30, 2006 11:07author address author phone

I remember in 1983 during the Anti Amendment Campaign new words were also put to Whisky In The Jar. It was Stuff Your Fetus In The Jar. Dedicated to Fr Marx who used to go around to schools with a fetus in a jar.

fucking awful
author by Socialistpublication date Tue May 30, 2006 11:10author address author phone

Jesus Christ thats fucking terrible.

I say better some rough talk onimc.ie than a lot of
author by Thirsty for Whiskey, Jar or otherwise - The Pubspublication date Wed May 31, 2006 04:20author address author phone

pat jive elsewhere.

oh god..
author by young anarchist - (pers cap)publication date Wed May 31, 2006 12:28author address author phone

Why do people seem to focus of Bush and Blair so much, surely people don't still believe that a different set of leaders, a "nicer" set, would have played it any differently? They're just figureheads of the global capitalist empire/spectacle.

Related Link: http://www.anarchistyouth.org
Not that Bush and Blair
author by Lucky - Manpublication date Thu Jun 01, 2006 07:30author address author phone

Not that other leaders would be "nicer" but just not as stupid,

Not that stupid
author by tompublication date Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:26author address author phone

Bush Blair aren't that stupid they've delivered big style for those who put them in power, how are they stupid? you may think so but they don't give a hoot.

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