<P> The song 's origins come from the traditional folk song `` The Highwayman and the Captain '' sung in the outskirts of the town of Edinburgh . In 1967 , the Irish folk band The Beasley Brothers rewrote the song as Whiskey in a Jar and incorporated their own twist to the lyrics and melody . </P>
<P> The song 's origins come from the traditional folk song `` The Highwayman and the Captain '' sung in the outskirts of the town of Edinburgh . In 1967 , the Irish folk band The Beasley Brothers rewrote the song as Whiskey in a Jar and incorporated their own twist to the lyrics and melody . </P>
who sang the original whiskey in a jar
who sang the original whiskey in a jar
the Irish folk band The Beasley Brothers
the Irish folk band The Beasley Brothers