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3 unusual facts about It's a Long Way to Tipperary


Battle of Guerrero

Villa heard them singing "It's a Long Way to Tipperary," this would be the last time Americans got so close to the rebel.

Mance Lipscomb

Lipscomb performed old songs like "Sugar Babe," the first song he ever learned, to pop numbers like "Shine On, Harvest Moon" and "It's a Long Way to Tipperary".

Presenting Lily Mars

The finale, "Where There's Music", originally included parts of "St. Louis Blues", "In The Shade of the Old Apple Tree", and "It's a Long Way to Tipperary", which were deleted from the final version.


A Long, Long Way to Tipperary

It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary is a 1914 Australian silent film based on the song It's a Long Way to Tipperary by Jack Judge.

Jack Judge

Jack Judge (christened John, born 3 December 1872 in Oldbury, died 25 July 1938 in West Bromwich) was a British song-writer and music-hall entertainer best remembered for writing the song It's a Long Way to Tipperary, although Judge wrote and sung the song in 1915, John McCormack made the song famous rather than Judge.


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