<P> `` 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 . </P>
<P> `` 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 . </P>
it 's a long way to tipperary origin
it 's a long way to tipperary origin
written by Jack Judge co-credited to Henry James `` Harry '' Williams
written by Jack Judge co-credited to Henry James `` Harry '' Williams