The Further It Is from Tipperary - Billy Murray

The tommies in the trenches seem to have one favorite song

It’s a Long Way to Tipperary

It’s all you ever hear them singing as they march along

It’s a Long Way to Go

I got a map the other day and counted all the miles

I broke the news to Pershing and his face was full of smiles

For the further it is from Tipperary

The closer it is to Berlin

Who cares if Tipperary’s far away

The other Potsdam place is getting nearer every day

How I long to be back on the Bow’ry, the Bow’ry

But we’ll stick over here until we win

For the further it is from Tipperary

Why, the closer it is to Berlin

The only song they sing on any Red Cross ship or train

It’s a Long Way to Tipperary

I’ll bet the angels up above have heard that old refrain

It’s a Long Way to Go

The Germans know this song by heart but soon they let it slide

For every shell we send them has this message on the side

For the further it is from Tipperary

The closer it is to Berlin

Who cares if Tipperary’s far away

The other Potsdam place is getting nearer every day

How I long to back on the Bow’ry, the Bow’ry

But we’ll stick over here until we win

For the further it is from Tipperary

Why, the closer it is to Berlin

How I long to be back on the Bow’ry, the Bow’ry

But we’ll stick over here until we win

For the further it is from Tipperary

Why, the closer it is to Berlin