Lyr Req: I Wish I Was in Glasgow (Billy Connolly)

Subject: RE: Lyric Req: Belfast, or Glascow..
From: Pat Patterson
Date: 02 Sep 97 - 01:48 AM

Thanks, you have no idea how hard I've been trying to find that....

Subject: RE: Lyric Req: Belfast, or Glascow..
From: alison
Date: 01 Sep 97 - 12:06 AM

hi

That didn't work awfully well. Howvere I'm sure you get the jist of it.

And while I'm here, I lied, he only sang it during the episode about Glasgow, it was a different song he sang at the end.

Slainte

alison

Subject: Lyr Add: I WISH I WAS IN GLASGOW (Billy Connolly)
From: alison
Date: 01 Sep 97 - 12:03 AM

Hi

It was Glasgow, and written by Billy Connolly, he sang it at the end of each episode of his world tour of Scotland.

Enjoy


I WISH I WAS IN GLASGOW
Billy Connolly

Oh I wish I was in Glasgow
With some good old friends of mine
Some good old rough companions
And some good old smooth red wine
We could talk about the old days
And the old town's sad decline
And drink to the boys on the road

Oh I was born in Glasgow
Near the center of the town
I would take you there and show you
But they've torn the building down
And when I think about it
It always makes me frown
They bulldozed it all to make a road

And that great old place I miss so much
Has seen much better days
And still we talk about it
As we go our separate ways
Oh but Glasgow gave me more
Than it ever took away
And prepared me for life on the road

And that great old place I miss so much
Has seen much better days
And still we talk about it
As we go our separate ways
Oh but Glasgow gave me more
Than it ever took away
And prepared me for life on the road

My granny was a cleaner
My granddad drove a tram
My father an engineer
Made me all I am
They have seen the city come and go
Still they give a damn
There's so much to learn along the road

And Glasgow gave me more
Than it ever took away
And prepared me for life on the road


(From the LP "Billy Connolly - A Change Is As Good As Arrest")

Slainte
alison

Subject: Lyric Req: Belfast, or Glascow..
From: Pat Patterson
Date: 31 Aug 97 - 11:13 PM

I heard this tune a while ago, and I'm not sure who did it, but the last part of the chorus goes something along the lines of:

I never gave to Belfast more that she ever took from me, prepared me for life, on the road....

Now... I've also heard tell that this is an adaptation of a song that originally had "Glascow" in place of Belfast... any hints on the rest of the lyrics would be muchly appreciated..