Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty
Florrie Forde * Track #3 On Oh! It’s A Lovely War (Vol 2)
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Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty by Florrie Forde
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This song was written in 1916 by Bennett Scott, Fred Godfrey and Arthur J. Mills after passing by a musical hall in Oxford where a show called Blighty was being performed. The song was originally recorded by Dorothy Ward, although this version by Florrie Forde is more well known.
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Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Jack Dunn, son of a gun, somewhere in France today
Keeps fit doing his bit, up to his eyes in clay
Each night after a 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 the train for 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 should be
(Whoa!)
Tiddley-iddley-ighty
Hurry me back to Blighty
Blighty is the place for me!
[Verse 2]
One day, Mickey O'Shea, out in a trench somewhere
So brave, having a shave, trying to part his hair
Mick yells, dodging the shells and lumps of dynamite:
"Talk of the Crystal Palace on a firework night!"
[Chorus]
Take me back to dear old Blighty!
Put me on the train for 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 should be
(Whoa!)
Tiddley-iddley-ighty
Hurry me back to Blighty
Blighty is the place for me!
Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty Q&A
Who wrote Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty's ?
Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty was written by Bennett Scott & Fred Godfrey.