Learning Irish Songs and Fiddle Tunes

Whiskey in the Jar
aka Kilgarney Mountain
is a devil-may-care song in which the protagonist is a brigand who is thrown in jaim "without judge or writin'.
I learned the tune from a whizened old guitar player in whose version the femme fatale is named "Molly" but sometimes it is sung as "Jenny". On the other hand, the antagonist given as "Colonel Pepper" is in other versions "Captain Farrell". ANy way you play it, it's fun. I will post the words and the tune at some point.
Fiddles were played in Ireland long before the Italian Stradivirius.
Links:
Kevin Burke Kevin plays with a rock steady bow hand and is the undisputed master of Irish fiddling.
Martin Hayes
CTL
Irish Fiddle Page
Excellent SCORCH files.
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Always Be Practicing
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