Other Versions and Adaptations
The Kannadiga playwright and poet, T.P. Kailasam, as part of a wager from a British friend, translated the song into Kannada, adding witty Kannada-specific lyrics. The resulting song, "Namma Tipparahalli balu Doora" (halli meaning "village" in Kannada), is a popular song in Karnataka. This version can be heard played by a marching band in the Bengali film, Pather Panchali, directed by Satyajit Ray.
The University of Missouri uses a version of "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" as a fight song, renamed "Every True Son".
"It's a Long Way from Amphioxus", a parody of this song, is sung by students and scientists as an affirmation of evolution. It was originally recorded by Sam Hinton, and is the official song of the Biological Sciences Division at the University of Chicago. The chorus goes,
- It's a long way from Amphioxus, It's a long way to us.
- It's a long way from Amphioxus to the meanest human cuss.
- Well, it's goodbye to fins and gill slits, and it's hello teeth and hair!
- It's a long, long way from Amphioxus, but we all came from there.
The song is also an example of a partner song, or simultaneous quodlibet, in that the chorus of the song can be sung at the same time as another well known music hall song, "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag", in perfect harmony.
The 1981 movie Das Boot features the song played at the request of the U-96's captain aboard the vessel's intercom. This rendition is performed by the Red Army Chorus.
The Club Atletico River Plate from Buenos Aires, Argentina, used the music from this song to create his himn.
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