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19 Apr 99 - 03:28 PM (#72083) Subject: I wish I was back in Liverpool - lyrics req From: ADeane This song was sung by the Dubliners a long time ago! I wish I was back in Liverpool Liverpool town where I was born Where there aint no trees no scented breeze Any body have the rest? Many thanks Adeane PS Come to the Hood Arms Kilve, Somerset for a good Friday night folk session! |
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20 Apr 99 - 01:22 PM (#72207) Subject: RE: I wish I was back in Liverpool - lyrics req From: Doctor John ....nor fields of waving corns. But there's plenty of girls with peroxide curls and the black and tan flows three. It's three in a bed at the old Pier Head and it's Liverpool town for me. Sorry that's all I can remember from a Liverpool childhood. Dr John |
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20 Apr 99 - 01:49 PM (#72219) Subject: Lyr Add: I WISH I WERE BACK IN LIVERPOOL From: Bobby Bob, Ellan Vannin The song was written by a computer programmer called Stan Bootle (under his pseudonym, Stan Kelly) and Leon Rosselson.
Stan Kelly made an extended play 45 rpm record for Topic many These are the words as sung by Luke Kelly and the Dubliners -
Chorus:- I wish I were back in Liverpool
'Tis seven long years since I wandered away
We dug the Mersey Tunnel, boys
There's every race and colour of face
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20 Apr 99 - 03:33 PM (#72242) Subject: RE: I wish I was back in Liverpool - lyrics req From: ADeane Thanks Bobby Bob Lyrics much appreciated! Adeane |
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02 Mar 08 - 05:43 PM (#2277703) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: Rog Peek There is another verse on Stan Kelly-Bootle web site: http://www.feniks.com/skb/words/words.html Me judy's down in London, she's werkin' dur fer me; But her lousy beat on Jermyn Street can't keep the kids and me; I'm told her time and time again, "Now don't you be a fool, "You'ld have more LUCK with half the FUSS, in dear ould Liverpool Town." Rog |
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02 Mar 08 - 06:30 PM (#2277743) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: Greg B Stan also penned a tome called 'The Devil's DP Dictionary' which though a bit dated technology-wise, is still bloody hilarious. Brilliant fellow and all around good chap. I'd owned and read the book decades before I ever heard "Liverpool Town" and loved it. It was a good decade or more before I found out that it was written by none other than the same guy who wrote the book. Some people just manage to get seconds and thirds on talent... |
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02 Mar 08 - 09:48 PM (#2277899) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: Charley Noble Thanks for the extra verse. Charley Noble |
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03 Mar 08 - 03:48 AM (#2278011) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: Jon Bartlett I wish I knew whether "I wish I were..." or "I wish I was...." is a) what Stan wrote and b) the more correct usage). Jon Bartlett |
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03 Mar 08 - 07:56 AM (#2278122) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: GUEST,Chalkie - Guest I've always sung this song with a last verse of:- I've lodged in old Lord Nelson Street I've stayed awake till dawn On a Saturday night, for love or a fight There's always something on You can count your sheep, but you just can't sleep When excitements to be found It's in the air, I wish I was there In dear old Liverpool town. |
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03 Mar 08 - 09:22 AM (#2278183) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: MartinRyan Jon "I would I were" but "I wish I was"! Regards |
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03 Mar 08 - 11:16 AM (#2278275) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: GUEST The were/was question is probably answered best by the man himself right here: http://www.feniks.com/skb/music/lull6.html |
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05 Mar 08 - 02:13 PM (#2280414) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: GUEST If you type in 'Stan Jardine and his Lyrics' you will find a wealth of songs including that which you have searched for. Hope this can help as well. Psychomorris |
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15 Jul 09 - 10:29 PM (#2681153) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: GUEST "And I've also seen them orange and green" - is this a reference to Irish Nationalist and Ulster Unionists or simply skin colour? |
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16 Jul 09 - 12:38 AM (#2681196) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: Jon Bartlett Yes. Jon Bartlett |
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16 Jul 09 - 03:37 AM (#2681225) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: goatfell I didn't know you can get green or orange skin colour people, but then the PC crowd always mention NON WHITE people, may this is what they are talking about. |
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16 Jul 09 - 04:21 AM (#2681236) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: bill\sables David Dickinson is Orange and quite a few people getting off the Dublin / Liverpool boat are Green when there is a choppy sea |
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16 Jul 09 - 05:07 AM (#2681259) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: GUEST,k also known as the insect song. I have seen player's songbooks which have .. Where there aint no trees, no centipedes ... |
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16 Jul 09 - 05:15 AM (#2681264) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: Leadfingers Lady Mondegreen Rules ! |
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11 Jun 12 - 07:44 PM (#3362286) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: GUEST,Paper Lanterns Firstly, I just did a lyrics search and it said "no scent of grease" on every lyric site I found. This confused me because I was convinced it was "no scented breeze" and they also have "Take a walk up upon Parlament Street". Glad I am not losing my marbles on both counts. lol Secondly, I always sing centipedes just for a laugh. And lastly, I thought it was, "And I've also seen the Mourne Green" |
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12 Jun 12 - 04:15 AM (#3362398) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: Dave Hanson I seem to remember Stan actually singing ' but the pigeons on the pierhead, they shit on you just the same ' Dave H |
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12 Jun 12 - 04:55 AM (#3362406) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: GUEST,kenny For me, one of the best songs ever sung and recorded by the late Luke Kelly. Always did love the "pigeons" line. |
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12 Jun 12 - 12:49 PM (#3362565) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: Rog Peek I've always thought it was: "I've even seen the margins green". "Margins" being what they refer to in Ireland as the grass on the edge of the road. Rog |
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20 Jun 12 - 04:17 PM (#3365955) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: GUEST,Paper Lanterns That works better than my 'Mourne', Rog. I put Mourne, because it was the closest to a proper name I knew. The closest I could make out when listening, was something like; "I've even seen the Maar-nin'green". But that made no sense. So to me, just from how I heard (and still do) the line without knowledge of the proper lyrics, Margins Green, sounds more like what I hear, than Orange and Green. Pete |
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20 Jun 12 - 10:46 PM (#3366091) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: Charley Noble I don't think I've ever heard it as "I wish I were back in Liverpool" although that is grammatically correct. It's always been "I wish I was back in Liverpool." Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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21 Jun 12 - 05:11 AM (#3366162) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: banjoman Should never be sung unless you've got the right accent, (from a scouser born & bred who at times really whishes I WAS back in Liverpool even though its changed a lot since I was there.) I first heard this from the man himself (Stan) before he left the then centre of the universe and moved to London |
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21 Jun 12 - 05:24 AM (#3366167) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: GUEST,Fred McCormick Here's a bit of an old mondegreen. When I was very young and started going to folkclubs. I Wish I Was Back in Liverpool was sung frequently and often. Despite regularly imbibing the text, I always heard, and still do hear, the line "Where there ain't no trees, no scented breeze" as "there ain't no trees, no centipedes". |
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21 Jun 12 - 02:00 PM (#3366315) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: GUEST,kenny It's "orange and green" - at least when Luke Kelly sings it. |
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22 Jun 12 - 08:46 AM (#3366601) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: Charley Noble "Should never be sung unless you've got the right accent" Or unless you're pissed as a newt! Singers have been known to expire belting out the last part of the chorus for lack of breath. Let that be fair warning before attempting this song. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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22 Jun 12 - 09:26 AM (#3366617) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: banjoman never been that pissed but tried very hard in my younger days. Sadly no longer allowed to dring due to medical condition - Still wish I was back in Liverpool |
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15 May 17 - 06:31 PM (#3855317) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: Mr Happy Anyone know which year the song was written? |
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16 May 17 - 04:56 AM (#3855374) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: FreddyHeadey Scouse: A Social and Cultural History Tony Crowley Liverpool University Press, has it as 1960 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=M3N5AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT90&lpg=PT90&dq=I+Wish+I+Was+Back+in+Liverpool+stan+bootle+kelly+1960 |
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16 May 17 - 07:30 AM (#3855389) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I Wish I Were Back in Liverpool From: Mr Happy FreddyHeadey, Many thanks for info! |