Florrie Forde - Take me back to dear old blighty
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[Verse]
FJack Dunn, son of a gun, somewhere in France today
GKeeps fit doing his bit, up to his eyes in Cclay
FEach night after a fight to pass the time aGmlong
AmHe's got a little gramophoGne that plaCys this song
[Chorus]
FTake me back to dear old Blighty!
Put me Con the train for London Ftown C7
Take me over there
Drop me aG7nywhere
Birmingham, Leeds, or Manchester, well, C7I don't care!
FI should love to see my best girl
Cuddling up again we soon should Bbbe
(Whoa!)
FTiddley-iddley-ighty
Hurry me back to GBlighty
CBlighty is the place for Fme!
[Verse]
FOne day, Mickey O'Shea, out in a trench somewhere
GSo brave, having a shave, trying to part hiCs hair
FMick yells, dodging the shells and lumps ofGm dynamite:
Am"Talk of the Crystal PalacGe on a fireCwork night!"
[Chorus]
FTake me back to dear old Blighty!
PCut me on the train for LFondon town C7
Take me over there
DG7rop me anywhere
Birmingham, Leeds, or Manchester, well, C7I don't care!
FI should love to see my best girl
Cuddling up again we soon should Bbbe
(Whoa!)
FTiddley-iddley-ighty
Hurry me back to BGlighty
CBlighty is the place forF me!