Editing It's a Long Way to Tipperary (section)

{{short description|1912 Irish music hall song adopted as a marching song}}
{{Distinguish|Tipperary (song)}}
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| name      = It's a Long Way to Tipperary
| cover     = It's a Long Way to Tipperary - cover.JPG
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| caption   = Sheet music cover
| genre      = Music Hall, patriotic song, marching anthem
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| published =  1912
| writer    =  [[Jack Judge]] and Harry Williams
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| lyricist  =
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[[File:It's a Long Way to Tipperary - cover 2.jpg|thumb|240px|Sheet music cover]]
[[File:It's_a_Long_Way_to_Tipperary_compass,_Tipp_town.jpg|thumb|Sculpture in [[Tipperary (town)|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.<ref name ="bbc 24 02 2014"/><ref name="Pybus">{{cite news|last1=Pybus|first1=Meg|title=Final recognition of Harry's composition|url=http://www.tipperarywarsong.co.uk/final-recognition-of--harrys-composition.php|access-date=8 September 2018|publisher=Pybus|date=2014|archive-date=15 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715142609/http://www.tipperarywarsong.co.uk/final-recognition-of--harrys-composition.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | year=2009 | title = Love Me Tender: The Stories Behind the World's Best-loved Songs | author1=Max Cryer | publisher=[[Frances Lincoln Publishers]] | isbn=978-0-7112-2911-2 | page=[https://archive.org/details/lovemetenderstor0000crye/page/188 188] | url=https://archive.org/details/lovemetenderstor0000crye| url-access=registration }}{{dead link|date=June 2019}}</ref>

It was recorded in 1914 by Irish [[tenor]] [[John McCormack (tenor)|John McCormack]]. It was used as a [[March (music)|marching song]] among soldiers in the [[First World War]] and is remembered as [[War song#World War I songs|a song of that war]]. Welcoming signs in the town of [[Tipperary (town)|Tipperary]], [[Ireland]], humorously declare "You've come a long way" in reference to the song.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tipperarylive.ie/news/home/521060/community-can-help-make-tipperary-the-best-small-town-in-ireland.html|title=Community can help make Tipperary the best small town in Ireland|website=Tipperarylive.ie|date=28 February 2020 |access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref>