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Whiskey You're the Devil

from Jam by The Elderberries

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We learned this from the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. It strikes a chord with our certain proclivity for the drink. In the middle, we injected a reel called "The Merry Blacksmith" because we felt like it.

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Whiskey, you're the devil, you're leadin' me astray
Over hills and mountains and to Americay
You're sweeter, stronger, decenter, you're spunkier than tae
Oh whiskey, you're me darlin' drunk or sober

Now, brave boys, we're on the march, off to Portugal and Spain
The drums are beating, banners flying, a divil home will come tonight
Oh love, fare thee well

With me dithery-iddle doodle dumma da
Me dithery-iddle doodle dumma da
Me rikes fall tour a laddie, oh there's whiskey in the jar

Whiskey, you're the devil, you're leadin' me astray
Over hills and mountains and to Americay
You're sweeter, stronger, decenter, you're spunkier than tae
Oh whiskey, you're me darlin' drunk or sober

The French are fighting boldly, men dying hot and coldly
To every man his flask of powder and firelock on his shoulder
Oh love, fare thee well...

Said the mother, "Do not harm me, don't take my daughter from me.
For if you do, I'll torment you, and after death a ghost will haunt you."
Love, fare thee well...

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from Jam, released February 22, 2015

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The Elderberries Oakland, California

We are "fine lads," or so some say, but that cannot be
because, among other reasons, we are not all lads. We are all friends
who met at the Starry Plough in Berkeley, united by our love of
traditional Irish music and dance. You can expect from us free and roving
sets of several hours or more, comprising jigs, reels, hornpipes, aires,
waltzes, slides, slip jigs, a variety of songs, and dance.
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