It's a Long Way to Tipperary [WW1 American Song]

“It’s a Long Way to Tipperary” is a 1912 English music hall song written by Jack Judge and Harry Williams that became widely known as a marching tune during the First World War. First recorded in 1914 by Irish tenor John McCormack, the song was sung by British soldiers and became associated with the war, even though its sentimental theme of longing for home contrasted with more patriotic wartime music. The authorship of the song has been the subject of dispute, and it remains one of the most enduring songs linked with the period. The town of Tipperary in Ireland later embraced the connection with signs referencing the lyric.