Tipperary  (BAL 5000)  Brian Hotchkies (Traditional)

BASIC 2

OPENER - MIDDLE BREAK - CLOSER

Sides Face Grand Square

It’s a long way to Tipperary

It’s a long way to go

Well, it’s a long way to Tipperary

To the sweetest girl I know 4 Ladies Chain

Goodbye Piccadilly Chain the Lady Back

And you Promenade the square, for

It’s a long, long way to Tipperary

But my heart’s right there

FIGURE

Heads go Right & Left Thru, turn a little girl and then

1/2 Square Thru, Make a Right Hand Star

Heads Star Left inside the ring now

Go to the same 2 and then Swing Thru, why now

The Boys Trade, Swing the corners all

Promenade that lady round the hall

It’s a long, long way to Tipperary

But my heart’s right there

ORIGINAL LYRICS

Up to mighty London came
An Irish lad one day
All the streets were paved with gold
So everyone was gay
Singing songs of Piccadilly
Strand, and Leicester Square
'Til Paddy got excited and
He shouted to them there:


It's a long way to Tipperary
It's a long way to go
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest girl I know
Goodbye Piccadilly
Farewell Leicester Square
!
It's a long long way to Tipperary
But my heart's right there


Paddy wrote a letter
To his Irish Molly O'
Saying, "Should you not receive it
Write and let me know!
If I make mistakes in "spelling"
Molly dear", said he
"Remember it's the pen, that's bad
Don't lay the blame on me"
It's a long way to Tipperary
It's a long way to go
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest girl I know


Goodbye Piccadilly
Farewell Leicester Square
It's a long long way to Tipperary
But my heart's right there
Molly wrote a neat reply
To Irish Paddy O'
Saying, "Mike Maloney wants
To marry me, and so
Leave the Strand and Piccadilly
Or you'll be to blame
For love has fairly drove me silly
Hoping you're the same!"


It's a long way to Tipperary
It's a long way to go
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest girl I know!
Goodbye Piccadilly
Farewell Leicester Square

It's a long long way to Tipperary
But my heart's right there