It's a Long Way to Tipperary: a cloze exercise

"It's a Long Way to Tipperary" is a British "music hall" (a theatrical show similar to the American vaudeville] song written by Jack Judge and co-credited to Henry James "Harry" Williams.

The story goes that it was written for a 5-shilling bet in Stalybridge on 30 January 1912 and performed the next night at the local music hall. It became popular among soldiers in the First World War and is remembered as a song of that war. Tipperary is a small town in Ireland, where "Paddy" (Patrick) has his girlfriend ("gal"= girl)

Language Notes:

mighty= possente, grande
Piccadilly, Strand, and Leicester Square = famous sites in London
gal = Celtic for "girl"
Paddy = Patrick, typical Irish name
Should you not = in case you should not (se non dovessi ricevere, "if" sottinteso richiede l'inversione)
lay (laid-laid) the blame= dare la colpa
drove = driven
O' is a common Gaelic root for surnames (as Mac, Mc) in Ireland and Scotland

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Up to mighty London
An Irish man one ,
All the are paved with gold,
Sure everyone was !
Singing songs of Piccadilly,
Strand, and Leicester Square,
'Til Paddy got
Then he to them there:

It's a long way to Tipperary,
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest gal I know!
Goodbye Piccadilly,
Farewell Leicester Square!
It's a long long way to Tipperary,
But my heart's right there.

It's a long way to Tipperary,
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest gal I know!
Goodbye Piccadilly,
Farewell Leicester Square!
It's a long long way to Tipperary,
But my heart's right there.

Paddy a letter
To his Molly O',
Saying, "Should you not it,
Write and let me !
If I make in "spelling",
Molly dear", said he,
"Remember it's the , that's bad,
Don't the blame on me".

It's a long way to Tipperary,
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest gal I know!
Goodbye Piccadilly,
Farewell Leicester Square,
It's a long long way to Tipperary,
But my heart's right there.

Molly wrote a reply
To Irish Paddy O',
Saying, "Mike Maloney
To marry me, and so
Leave the Strand and Piccadilly,
Or you'll be to ,
For has fairly drove me silly,
Hoping you're the !"

It's a long way to Tipperary,
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest gal I know!
Goodbye Piccadilly,
Farewell Leicester Square,
It's a long long way to Tipperary,
But my heart's right there.

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Up to mighty London came
An Irish man one day,
All the streets are paved with gold,
Sure everyone was gay!
Singing songs of Piccadilly,
Strand, and Leicester Square,
'Til Paddy got excited and
Then he shouted to them there:

It's a long way to Tipperary,
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest gal I know!
Goodbye Piccadilly,
Farewell Leicester Square!
It's a long long way to Tipperary,
But my heart's right there.

It's a long way to Tipperary,
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest gal I know!
Goodbye Piccadilly,
Farewell Leicester Square!
It's a long long way to Tipperary,
But my heart's right there.

Paddy wrote a letter
To his Irish Molly O',
Saying, "Should you not receive it,
Write and let me know!
If I make mistakes in "spelling",
Molly dear", said he,
"Remember it's the pen, that's bad,
Don't lay the blame on me".

It's a long way to Tipperary,
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest gal I know!
Goodbye Piccadilly,
Farewell Leicester Square,
It's a long long way to Tipperary,
But my heart's right there.

Molly wrote a neat reply
To Irish Paddy O',
Saying, "Mike Maloney wants
To marry me, and so
Leave the Strand and Piccadilly,
Or you'll be to blame,
For love has fairly drove me silly,
Hoping you're the same!"

It's a long way to Tipperary,
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest gal I know!
Goodbye Piccadilly,
Farewell Leicester Square,
It's a long long way to Tipperary,
But my heart's right there.