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"Tipperary" is the name of an Irish-oriented love song written in 1907 by Leo Curley, James M. Fulton and J. Fred Helf, and was performed by early recording star Billy Murray.

The full lyrics can be found at [1] and [2].

Chorus

Faith, it's me that's nearly crazy

From me Tipperary daisy

All the day me heart's "un-aisy" [uneasy]

Sure, the thing I find

That's on me mind

Is the darlin' girl I left behind

Far off in dear old Tipperary.

The term "ferninst" which appears in the second verse is an old-fashioned expression meaning "beside" (as in "she sat ferninst me").

The song is referenced by name in the 1917 song O'Brien is Tryin to Learn to Talk Hawaiian, which was written and composed by Al Dubin and Rennie Cormack in 1917.

• Murray's recording of the song

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