page_title: It's a Long Way to Tipperary
hierarchical_section_title: It's a Long Way to Tipperary
caption_attribution_description: It's a Long Way to Tipperary compass
context_page_description: "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" is a British music hall song first performed in 1912 by Jack Judge, and written by Judge and Harry Williams though authorship of the song has long been disputed.
  It was recorded in 1914 by Irish tenor John McCormack. It became popular as a marching song among soldiers in the First World War and is remembered as a song of that war. Welcoming signs in the referenced county of Tipperary, Ireland, humorously declare, "You've come a long long way..." in reference to the song.
context_section_description: "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" (or "It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary") is a British music hall song first performed in 1912 by Jack Judge, and written by Judge and Harry Williams though authorship of the song has long been disputed.  
  It was recorded in 1914 by Irish tenor John McCormack.  It became popular as a marching song among soldiers in the First World War and is remembered as a song of that war.   Welcoming signs in the referenced county of Tipperary, Ireland, humorously declare, "You've come a long long way..." in reference to the song.
caption: Sculpture in Tipperary Town, Ireland, commemorating the song