It's a Long Way to Tipperary
/ɪts ə ˌlɒŋ weɪ tə ˌtɪpəˈreəri/
/ɪts ə ˌlɔːŋ weɪ tə ˌtɪpəˈreri/
- the title and first line of a music hall song popular with British soldiers during the First World War. Tipperary is a town in southern Ireland, and the singer, an Irishman, wants to return there to see ‘the sweetest girl I know’. It is still used as a marching song.
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It's a Long Way to Tipperary