50 Years Ago… headbangers around the world were rockin’ out to Thin Lizzy’s “Whiskey In The Jar”, a cover of on old traditional Irish ballad

 50 Years Ago… headbangers around the world were rockin’ out to Thin Lizzy’s “Whiskey In The Jar”, a cover of on old traditional Irish ballad, about a highway man who is betrayed by his woman. How old is "Whiskey In The Jar"? Like about 400 Years Old!

"Whiskey In The Jar" is a classic rock song older than most classical music!

This gives Thin Lizzy plentiful opportunities for engaging in derring-do & saying things like “stand and deliver!” as well as rock’n’roll sounding nonsense like “Mush-a ring, dum-a doo-dam-a-da, whack for my daddy-o!”

Even more rockin’ than “whack for my daddy-o!” was that guitar riff!

“Whiskey In The Jar” is a 9