the title and first line of a music-hall (1) song popular with British soldiers during World War I . Tipperary is a town in southern Ireland, and the singer, an Irishman, wants to return there to see ‘the sweetest girl I know’. It is still used as a marching song.
IT’S A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY
Meaning of IT’S A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY in English
Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary. Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь. 2005