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Sheet music cover Sculpture in Tipperary Town, Ireland, commemorating the song "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" (or "It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary") is an English music hall song first performed in 1912 by Jack Judge, and written by Judge and Harry Williams, though authorship of the song has long been disputed.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 23:35, 31 October 2009: 3 min 50 s (3.78 MB): Staxringold == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description="It's a Long Way to Tipperary" is a British music hall and marching song written by Jack Judge that, allegedly, was written for a 5 shilling bet in Stalybridge, on the 30 January 1912 and performed the nex
English: "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" is a British music hall and marching song written by Jack Judge that, allegedly, was written for a 5 shilling bet in Stalybridge, on the 30 January 1912 and performed the next night at the local music hall.
After final goodbyes, everyone exits the newsroom singing "It's a Long Way to Tipperary". Finally, a very emotional Mary looks back, then bucks up and smiles before turning off the lights and closing the door, officially concluding The Mary Tyler Moore Show in doing so.
John Judge (3 December 1872 – 25 July 1938) was an English songwriter and music-hall entertainer best remembered for writing the song "It's a Long Way to Tipperary".Judge originally wrote and sang the song in 1912, but the far more widely known John McCormack acquired greater name recognition with the song.
Amy Winifred Hawkins (née Evans, 24 January 1911 – 8 September 2021) was a Welsh supercentenarian and dancer from Monmouthshire in South Wales, who became famous for singing the World War I song "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" [1] on her 110th birthday.
The song became very popular in the United Kingdom during the war, along with "It's a Long Way to Tipperary". [citation needed] James F. Harrison recorded "Keep the Home-Fires Burning" in 1915, as did Stanley Kirkby in 1916.
The 1977 song is set to the music of the British song "It's a Long Way to Tipperary". It rose to #2 on the Rhodesian hit music charts. The song expressed, in humorous form, the physical distance to Mukumbura from other parts of the country while also celebrating the contributions made by different branches of the Rhodesian armed forces to the ...