It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary

From Wind Repertory Project
Jack Judge

Jack Judge and Harry Williams (arr. S. Deshon)


General Info

Year: 1914
Duration:
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Song
Publisher: Chappell
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print

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Instrumentation

D-flat Piccolo
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet Solo-I-II-III
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
E-flat Cornet
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Tenor Horn I-II
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion

(Percussion instrumentation undifferentiated in score)


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

It's a Long Way to Tipperary is a British music hall song written by Jack Judge and co-credited to Henry James "Harry" Williams. It was allegedly written for a 5-shilling bet in Stalybridge on 30 January 1912 and performed the next night at the local music hall. Now commonly called It's a Long Way to Tipperary, the original printed music calls it It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary. It became popular among soldiers in the First World War and is remembered as a song of that war. One of the most popular hits of the time, the song is atypical in that it is not a warlike song that incites the soldiers to glorious deeds.

Although Harry Williams and Judge had a long-term creative partnership, there is controversy as to the degree of contribution to this song by Williams. Williams was severely handicapped, having fallen down cellar steps as a child.

Welcoming signs in the referenced county of Tipperary, Ireland, humorously declare, "You've come a long long way..." in reference to the song.

- Program Note from Wikipedia


Media

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.


Performances

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  • Cary (N.C.) Town Band (Stuart Holoman, conductor) – 3 July 2018


Works for Winds by This Composer


Resources

  • Judge, J.; Williams, H.; Deshon, S. (1914). It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary: One Step [score]. Chappell & Co.: New York.