Dublin Take Me lyrics
The Fureys & Davey ArthurIf you're goin' back to Dublin, take me.
On a night like this, there is nowhere else I'd rather be.
Just pick me up and carry me across the Irish Sea.
Well if you're goin' back to Dublin, take me.
Well if I can't make it, please take my regards
To Sweeny O'Donagh, my good friend down in Rathgar.
Keep a clean nose for the customs man and a big smile for the Guards.
Well if I can't make it, please take my regards.
[Chorus]
Sunny days on the Wicklow Mountains, and music on Merrion Row,
Rainy nights in the Gresham Hotel, O Lord, I gotta, I gotta go.
I'll meet you under the arch at Trinity around about eight
And if it don't rain I'll be waiting outside at the gate.
We can go to O'Neill's and talk all night and tomorrow when heaven can wait,
I'll meet you under the arch at Trinity around about eight.
[Chorus]
Oo-oo Oo-oo Oo-oo-oo
Oo-oo Oo-oo Oo-oo-oo
Well if you're goin' back to Dublin, take me.
On a night like this, there's nowhere else I'd rather be.
Just pick me up and carry me across the Irish Sea.
Well if you're goin' back to Dublin, take me.
[Chorus]
Well if you're goin' back to Dublin,
I said, if you're goin' back to Dublin,
Well if you're goin' back to Dublin, take me,
Take me... take me.
Song Details
Author/Composer: Rab Noakes from the album, Under The Rain - 1984
Brief: Dublin Take Me is a about the singer's love of Dublin. Across the Irish sea, there's no place he'd rather be - the people the places and loads of fun. Places mentioned include, Rathgar, Wicklow Mountains, Merrion Row, Gresham Hotel, Trinity, O'Neill's etc.
References:
Rathgar - suburb in Dublin
Wicklow Mountains - occupy the centre of County Wicklow and stretch outside its borders into Counties Carlow, Wexford and Dublin. Where the mountains extend into County Dublin, they are known locally as the Dublin Mountains.
Merrion Row - shopping centre in Dublin.
Gresham Hotel - a four-star hotel on O'Connell Street in Dublin, Ireland.
Trinity - the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin in Ireland.
O'Neills - pub
Category: Folk Song
Rab NoakesBorn: Robert Noakes on May 13, 1947 at St Andrews, Scotland
Active years: 1970 - present
Occupations: singer, songwriter, musician, record producer
Music Styles: folk, country.
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