<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> It's a Long Way to Tipperary "It's a Long Way to Tipperary", performed by Albert Farrington (1915) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr> <P> "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" is a British music hall song written by Jack Judge and co-credited to Henry James "Harry" Williams . It was allegedly written for a 5 - shilling bet in Stalybridge on 30 January 1912 and performed the next night at the local music hall . Now commonly called "It's a Long Way to Tipperary", the original printed music calls it "It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary". It became popular among soldiers in the First World War and is remembered as a song of that war . </P> <P> Welcoming signs in the referenced county of Tipperary, Ireland, humorously declare, "You've come a long long way ..." in reference to the song . </P>

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