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Misc Traditional Australian Folk Ballad version of Whiskey in the jar
from the 1860's. Featured in the Movie "The Lengend of Ben Hall"
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G Em
As I was a-crossin' over the Abercrombie Mountains,
C G
I met Sir Frederick Pottinger, and his money he was countin'.
G Em
I then produced my pistole to acquaint him of his danger,
C G
Sayin', "Stand and deliver for I am a bold bushranger."
[Chorus]
D
With a ma shar-ring-ah-da
G C
Ri too ra laddy oh, Ri too ra laddy oh,
G D G
There's whiskey in the jar
[Verse 2]
G Em
Now it's early the next morning about six o'clock or seven,
C G
there where troopers all around me in numbers of odd and even,
G Em
Y'see Jenny had got me charges and she dampened them with water
C G
Oh the devil take her mother, for rearing such a daughter!
[Chorus]
D
With a ma shar-ring-ah-da
G C
Ri too ra laddy oh, Ri too ra laddy oh,
G D G
There's whiskey in the jar
[Verse 3]
G Em
So they sent me off to Bathurst Gaol Without, no judge or writin',
C G
For the robbin' of Sir Fred on the Abercrombie Mountain,
G Em
But they didn't take my fist from me and I knocked out all the sentries!
C G
So I bid fond farewell to Sir Fred and all his Gentry!
[Chorus]
D
With a ma shar-ring-ah-da
G C
Ri too ra laddy oh, Ri too ra laddy oh,
G D G
There's whiskey in the jar...hey!
from the 1860's. Featured in the Movie "The Lengend of Ben Hall"
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G Em
As I was a-crossin' over the Abercrombie Mountains,
C G
I met Sir Frederick Pottinger, and his money he was countin'.
G Em
I then produced my pistole to acquaint him of his danger,
C G
Sayin', "Stand and deliver for I am a bold bushranger."
[Chorus]
D
With a ma shar-ring-ah-da
G C
Ri too ra laddy oh, Ri too ra laddy oh,
G D G
There's whiskey in the jar
[Verse 2]
G Em
Now it's early the next morning about six o'clock or seven,
C G
there where troopers all around me in numbers of odd and even,
G Em
Y'see Jenny had got me charges and she dampened them with water
C G
Oh the devil take her mother, for rearing such a daughter!
[Chorus]
D
With a ma shar-ring-ah-da
G C
Ri too ra laddy oh, Ri too ra laddy oh,
G D G
There's whiskey in the jar
[Verse 3]
G Em
So they sent me off to Bathurst Gaol Without, no judge or writin',
C G
For the robbin' of Sir Fred on the Abercrombie Mountain,
G Em
But they didn't take my fist from me and I knocked out all the sentries!
C G
So I bid fond farewell to Sir Fred and all his Gentry!
[Chorus]
D
With a ma shar-ring-ah-da
G C
Ri too ra laddy oh, Ri too ra laddy oh,
G D G
There's whiskey in the jar...hey!
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