As I was goin' over the Cork and Kerry Mountains
I noticed Captain Farrell and his money, he was countin'
I first produced my pistol and then produced my rapier
I said, "Stand and deliver or the devil he may take ya"
Musha rain dum a doo, dum a da
Whack for my daddy, oh
Whack for my daddy, oh
There's whiskey in the jar!
I took all of his money and it was a pretty penny
I took all of his money, yeah, and brought it home to Molly
She swore that she loved me, no, never would she leave me
But devil take that woman, for you know she tricked me easy
REFRAIN.
Now some men like a fishin' but some men like the fowlin'
And some men like to hear, how the cannonball is roarin'
But me, I like just sleepin', in my dear Molly's chamber
But here I am in prison, here I am with ball and chain, yeah
REFRAIN.