Dublin Take Me Lyrics
The Fureys & Davey ArthurDublin Take Me
If 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.
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.
Sunny days on the Wicklow Mountains, and music on Merrion Row,
Rainy nights in the Gresham Hotel, O Lord, I gotta, I gotta go.
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.
Sunny days on the Wicklow Mountains, and music on Merrion Row,
Rainy nights in the Gresham Hotel, O Lord, I gotta, I gotta go.
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
🎶 Songwriter: Rab Noakes from the album, Under The Rain - 1984
Born: Robert Noakes on May 13, 1947 at St Andrews, Scotland
Active years: 1970 - present
Occupations: singer, songwriter, musician, record producer
Music Styles: folk, country.
📝 Song Brief: Dublin Take Me is the singer's warm and lively tribute to Dublin, celebrating the places, people, and familiar charm that make the city feel like home. Across the Irish sea, there's no place he'd rather be—returning to the streets he loves, mentioning well‑known spots such as Rathgar, the Wicklow Mountains, Merrion Row, the Gresham Hotel, Trinity College, and O’Neill’s.
📖Glossary:- 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
🎸 Genre: Folk, country
🎤 Featured Artists: The Fureys & Davey Arthur
💿 Album: Dublin Songs (Compilation album by various artists)
Released: 1988
Country: Ireland, UK, US
Format: 2x12" Vinyl, Gatefold
Label: K-tel / AJK Music (US)
- Molly Malone (The Band Of 'Dubs') *
- The Rocky Road To Dublin (The Dubliners) *
- Easy And Slow (Jim McCann)
- Spanish Lady (Paddy Reilly) *
- Biddy Mulligan (Brendan Grace)
- Rare Ould Times (The Dubliners)
- St. Laurence O'Toole (The Fureys And Davey Arthur)
- Dublin - My Dublin (Paddy Reilly)
- Ringsend Rose (Ringsend Rose)
- Raglan Road (Jim McCann) *
- Dublin Saunter (Paddy Reilly)
- Night Ferry (The Fureys And Davey Arthur)
- Dublin Town (Brendan Grace)
- The Foggy Dew (Jim McCann) *
- The Auld Triangle (The Dubliners)
- Summer In Dublin (Jim McCann)
- Anna Liffey (The Dubliners)
- Dublin In My Tears (The Fureys And Davey Arthur) *
- The Rocky Road To Dublin (Paddy Reilly) *
- Jem (Ronnie Drew)
Please Note: Asterisked links lead to recordings by other artists.
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