Tipperary (song)

"Tipperary" is the name of an Irish-oriented love song written in 1907 by Leo Curley, James M. Fulton and J. Fred Helf. It is not to be confused with the much better-known song from 1912, "It's a Long Way to Tipperary". Both were sung at different times by early recording star Billy Murray.

The full lyrics can be found at and .

Chorus

Faith, it's me that's nearly crazy

From me Tipperary daisy

All the day me heart's "un-aisy" [uneasy]

Sure, the thing I find

That's on me mind

Is the darlin' girl I left behind

Far off in dear old Tipperary.

The term "ferninst" which appears in the second verse is an old-fashioned expression meaning "beside" (as in "she sat ferninst me").

In Popular culture

The song is referenced by name in the 1917 song O'Brien is Tryin to Learn to Talk Hawaiian, which was written and composed by Al Dubin and Rennie Cormack in 1917.

External links

• Murray's recording of the song