I took all of his money and I brought it home to Molly. I took all of his money and it was a pretty penny. I said stand o'er and deliver or the devil he may take ya. I first produced my pistol and then produced my rapier. I saw Captain Farrell and his money he was countin'. Watch: New Singing Lesson Videos Can Make Anyone A Great Singer As I was goin' over the Cork and Kerry mountains. In 2019, Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams performed a cover of the song on his album Shine a Light. The American metal band Metallica in 1998 played a version very similar to that of Thin Lizzy's, though with a heavier sound, winning a Grammy for the song in 2000 for Best Hard Rock Performance. In 1990, The Dubliners re-recorded the song with The Pogues with a faster rocky version charting at No.4 in Ireland and No.63 in the UK. The Irish rock band Thin Lizzy hit the Irish and British pop charts with the song in 1973. S., the song was popularized by The Highwaymen, who recorded it on their 1962 album Encore. The song first gained wide exposure when the Irish folk band The Dubliners performed it internationally as a signature song, and recorded it on three albums in the 1960s. The song, about a rapparee (highwayman) who is betrayed by his wife or lover, is one of the most widely performed traditional Irish songs and has been recorded by numerous artists since the 1950s. 'Whiskey in the Jar' is an Irish traditional song set in the southern mountains of Ireland, often with specific mention of counties Cork and Kerry.

Whisky in a jar thin lizzy