It's a Long Way to Tipperary, by Jack Judge and Harry Williams, cover 1910 Music and Media/Art External Source Cover of It's a Long Way to Tipperary - Sung by the Soldiers of the King, by Jack Judge and Harry Williams. Jack Judge, was a musical hall entertainer and composer. The song was composed in 1912 when someone challenged him with a bet that he could not write a new composition in one day. As a result “It’s a long way to Tipperary" was created. Listen to Canadian historical sound recordings online at the above link (via Library and Archives Canada's Virtual Gramophone)