Whiskey In The Jar by Snipeworld from Barrow-in-furness United Kingdom

jack snipe/ninety miles to nowhere
all songs traditional arranged jack snipe (c) 2020
produced & engineered by guy forrester
recorded at linden sound studios, shap, february 1984
bob qazi ~ vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, bouzouki
jacqui spry ~ vocals
anne qazi ~ whistles, concertina, bodhran, vocals
kelvin brown ~ acoustic guitar, banjo, vocals
vaughan phelps ~ bass, vocals
david ryder ~ acoustic guitar, vocals

"whiskey in the jar" is the tale of a highwayman who, after robbing a military or government official, is betra by a woman; whether she is his wife or sweetheart is not made clear. various versions of the song take place in kerry, cork, sligo, and other locales throughout ireland. it is also sometimes placed in the american south, in various places among the ozarks or appalachians, possibly due to irish settlement in these places. names in the song change, and the official can be a captain or a colonel, ed farrell or pepper among other names. the protagonist's wife or lover is sometimes ed molly, jenny, emzy, or ginny among various other names. the details of the betrayal are also different, being either betraying him to the person he robbed and replacing his ammunition with sand or water, or not, resulting in his killing the person ~ wikipedia...

famous versions are by thin lizzy, the dubliners and perhaps quite surprisingly, hm band metallica!