TAKE ME BACK TO DEAR OLD BLIGHTY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jack Dunn strafing the Hun somewhere in France today Keeps fit doing his bit, up to his eyes in clay Each night after the fight, to pass the time along He's got a little gramophone that plays this song. Chorus: Take me back to dear old Blighty Put me on a train to London Town Take me over there, drop me anywhere Birmingham, Leeds, or Manchester, well, I don't care I should love to see my best girl Cuddling up again we soon would be, Whoa Tidley-idley-iti, hurry me home to Blighty Blighty is the place for me. Bill Spry started to fly up in an aeroplane In France taking a chance, wished he was down again Poor Bill feeling so ill, yelled out to pilot Brown 'Steady a bit, yer fool, we're turning upside down.' Chorus: Jack Lee having his tea, says to his pal Mac Fayne 'Look chum, apple and plum, it's apple and plum again Same stuff isn't it rough, fed up with it I am Oh for a pot of Aunt Elizer's raspberry jam.' Chorus: One day, Mickey O' Shea, stood in a trench somewhere So brave, having a shave, trying to part his hair Mickey yells (dodging the shells and lumps of dynamite) Talk of the Crystal Palace on a fireworks night. Chorus: |
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Performed by Lily Morris (1882-1952) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Performed by Ella Retford (1886-1962) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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