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

== Content ==
The song was originally written as a [[lament]] from an Irish worker in London, missing his homeland.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} Unlike popular songs of previous wars (such as the [[Boer Wars]]), it did not incite soldiers to glorious deeds, instead concentrating on the longing for home (as with the period song "[[Keep the Home Fires Burning (1914 song)|Keep the Home Fires Burning]]").{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

===Lyrics===
<poem>
:Up to mighty London
:Came an Irishman one day.
:All the [[London streets are paved with gold|streets were paved with gold]]
:So, everyone was gay,
:Singing songs of [[Piccadilly]],
:[[Strand, London|Strand]] and [[Leicester Square]],
:Till Paddy got excited,
:and he shouted to them there:

::'''Chorus'''
::It's a long way to Tipperary,
::It's a long way to go.
::It's a long way to Tipperary,
::To the sweetest girl I know!
::Goodbye, Piccadilly,
::Farewell, Leicester Square!
::It's a long long way to Tipperary,
::But my heart's right there.

:Paddy wrote a letter
:To his Irish Molly-O,
:Saying, "Should you not receive it,
:Write and let me know!"
:"If I make mistakes in spelling,
:Molly, dear," said he,
:"Remember, it's the pen that's bad,
:Don't lay the blame on ''me!''"

::'''Chorus'''
::It's a long way to Tipperary,
::It's a long way to go.
::It's a long way to Tipperary,
::To the sweetest girl I know!
::Goodbye, Piccadilly,
::Farewell, Leicester Square!
::It's a long long way to Tipperary,
::But my heart's right there.

:Molly wrote a neat reply
:To Irish Paddy-O,
:Saying "Mike Maloney
:Wants to marry me, and so
:Leave the Strand and Piccadilly
:Or you'll be to blame,
:For love has fairly drove me silly:
:Hoping you're the same!"{{cite quote|date=February 2023}}

::'''Chorus'''
::It's a long way to Tipperary,
::It's a long way to go.
::It's a long way to Tipperary,
::To the sweetest girl I know!
::Goodbye, Piccadilly,
::Farewell, Leicester Square!
::It's a long long way to Tipperary,
::But my heart's right there.
</poem>

The parody "It's the Wrong, Wrong Way to Tickle Mary" was published (as sheet music) by J. Will Callahan and Charles Brown in the United States in 1915. The [[bawdy]] lyrics suggest the performances of [[concert party (entertainment)|concert parties]] on the front lines of the war:<ref>{{cite web |title=It's the Wrong, Wrong Way to Tickle Mary |website=[[Abe Books]] |url=https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Wrong-Way-Tickle-Mary-CALLAHAN-Will/31374483278/bd |access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=It's the Wrong, Wrong Way to Tickle Mary |website=University of Oregon Libraries |url=https://library.uoregon.edu/sheetmusic/node/2937 |access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref>

<poem>
::'''Chorus'''
::That's the wrong way to tickle Mary,
::That's the wrong way to kiss.
::Don't you know that over here, lad
::They like it best like this.
::Hoo-ray ''pour les [[French people|français]]'',
::Farewell ''[[England|Angleterre]]''.
::We didn't know how to tickle Mary,
::But we learnt how over there.{{cite quote|date=February 2023}}
</poem>