Luke Kelly Wish I Were Back In Liverpool

[toffeenosejbw]

somebody please, tell me how luke dose it?

[baron1595]

Scouse IRISHMAN living in Dublin these past 13 years - I'm home but Liverpool my hometown (if that makes sense !) Erin go bragh

[sparx65]

In Liverpool we speak paddy's english. Born here with West Meath blood (Irish Blood, English Heart). Luke is Mighty, god bless you lad.

[akgwatts]

You can leave home, as I did 35 years ago, but you can never get home out of your soul. And as time goes by one forgets the negative and amplfies the positive. Then you find the sad reality: You can't go home. I've tried and I know.

[pauraic21]

As someone who is irish catholic and has lived here all my life ireland is unbearable now between europe and the greens and the imf you cant take a piss without asking.I have been around the world in rich and in poor countries and have never experienced the eye wateringIbureaucracy that ireland has to offer she has sold herself cheap to the buracrats once a great countrie now just a bureaucracy in a group of bureaucracies all run by the germans and the french.So im leaving for england see ye

[C3MC2]

Written by Stan Kelly who also wrote Liverpool Lullaby.

[fmacdomhnaill]

@kevcar08 my grandad was from soho street of an Irish family born and bred in liverpool and left and married my grandmother here in Dublin. The only time he ever got to go back to Liverpool was when he was in his 70s with me and my dad. Strange how the city felt like a second home to me. He passed away recently and I, but more-so my da, wish we knew more about his hometown.

Hearing this song makes me feel like it is the thoughts of my grandad!

[ambyyy1]

I remember luke used change the words to " WELL WE ALL SWAM BACK, LIKE CILLA BLACK" It used raise a laugh!

[davylar1]

brings a tear to my eye eveytime i hear it

[davylar1]

go on that banjo is good .love luke kelly

[davylar1]

absoluetely boss lar ye man

doesnt it make ya proud.were not english were scouse

go on luke kelly

is da 1 kevcar fukin boss lar

im a toxteth lad.born n bred .there,s no place like it on earth

[watchstrap1]

where does the black an tan flow free ,great singing

[roadend78]

god bless liverpool f c and ireland .y.n.w.a

[ImeldaDavies]

@roadend78 I'll drink to that brother. I'll drink to em both and your health to be sure!

[irishgeal1]

luke in his prime, irish folk singer putting liverpool on the global map, as liverpool deserves.

[TheMightOfTheEnglish]

@irishgeal1 think liverpool was on the global map long before luke,that said lukes a great singer and its a great song

[TheMalufs]

Luke Kelly. You are Great singer. I LOVE THIS SONG. ( The Dubliners have being in Faroe Island) =)

[Thonolan]

One of my favorite recordings of all time.

[merkosh123]

I love Liverpool and the scousers. I come from Germany and visit the magic City in 2009 and 2010 to watch fooltball in Anfield.

[TheMerseyBoy]

Born to an Irish family in Gerard Gardens - family all fervent Reds of the Liverpool FC persuasion - doesnt matter in Lpool, we're all Scousers and rightly proud of it.

[MrChawky11]

liverpool fc all the way!

[SAF57]

Not a singer in the whole world could have sung this with more feeling. Thank you again and again Kelly for uploading and reminding everyone of how great Luke was. And thank you Skellybootle for your comments....

[kevcar08]

I'm the son of a Mayo man born in soho street in 1961. a true evertonian at birth. IRELAND FOREVER , E.F.C FOREVER,,,

[SuperMuzzyman]

@kevcar08 good lad! respect from Liverpool c'mon the Blues and Erin go bragh!

[kevcar08]

@SuperMuzzyman Good comment friend !! Eire forever !

[jukka1956]

For me Luke Kelly is the Greatest singer of them all. I was about 15 years old and a rock & roll fan when i heard The Galway Races on the finnis radio. No more rock & roll no more CCR or Led Zeppelin. Iwas lost to the Dubliners dimension.

[elrobster1]

Asolutely beautiful tune. really strikes a chord with this dubliner whose family are all massive evertonians!! Rest in peace Luke, your sorely missed

[Larkin1907]

I was born in Liverpool. Real scousers are all colours and all religions. Our enemy isn't someone whose family comes from another continent or who has a different religion or a different coloured complexion. Our enemy is the bosses who would have us fight each other instead of them.

[schiple]

kellyoneill I bless you every day

[MrMarcusirish]

Boss Luke, yer man, Luke's politics were obviously shaped in Liverpool, he couldn't stand the conservative, backwater Dev country back home, although he went back to join the Dubliners-he was a Larkinite and I am sure he knew bIg 'Jim' Larkin was born in the Pool-love did song

[bigteafool]

Luke must have loved it here ....Cause when he sang about liverpool ,you can hear the affection in his wonderful voice.

[TheIrishToffee]

This song really does mean allot to me, I was brought up in Ireland but moved to the city of Liverpool to live there for over ten years when i was 16 and I know just what a special city it is I can't help but go back there at least once a year to see how me old mates are doing and go to watch everton play (which I can barely ever do anymore) and basically I just want to thank you kellyoniel for posting this, it means allot to me to hear it after so long brought a tear to me eye. ;-(

thank you.

[X2XLIVEXKX]

noooooooooo everton are shit lol

[TheIrishToffee]

yeah?.... you're a fucking muslim, piss off.

:D

[X2XLIVEXKX]

am not a muslim its cartoon of mohammed.... everton r shit : D

[TheIrishToffee]

so is ur face? :D

[X2XLIVEXKX]

so is ur mum! : D

[irishblue1878]

It means a lot to me aswell mate i was brought up in liverpool to an out and out irish family all good evertonians, and as we all know this city might be in england but its irish to the core. nil satis,god bless.

[BlueMeanie1878]

Wonderful

[HOX666]

peroxide couldnt get it more precise

[brianborhu]

god rest you in peace luke,anyone that doesnt think liverpool is irish just listen to lukes words in this song...erin go bragh

[5times55]

brilliant that kelly

[Colgeor3]

Great song never heard it before but seen the title lots of times on folk collections. Did luke or The Dubs ever sing Johnny Todd?

[weeban]

Got to give it too you Mr kellyoneill. you pull some crackers out of the bag. A big thank you. Its true about them damn pigeons though.

[kellyoneill]

Miss kellyoneill,

your welcome :)

[goldenvision63]

great voice, great song Luke Kelly a true irish legend. rip Luke.

[polmaccaba]

my 1st will never walk alone, but he will sing a song

[irishgeal1]

youed never walk alone if you could sing like that.

[5times55]

great song

[marienphil]

my old man worked on the tunnel an you paddys robbed my clothes of my mas clothes line in berkinhead in the 70ts i fink that sort ov makes me paddy ow ar up the ra ow ar up the ra good song ra ra ra ra

[TheMightOfTheEnglish]

great song and well sung , just to be picky, we dug the mersey tunnel boys way back in 1933, dug a hole in the ground until we found a hole called wallasey,,,, the 1930,s tunnel was the birkenhead tunnel , the wallasey one wasnt dug till 1971, the first tunnel ,the rail one was dug in 1886, bit of useless info, still a great song though :o)

[birdman404]

im dublin born and bred (ringsend) and only regret in life was that ill never get to see the great luke kelly sing live eireann go brah!!

[thekev506]

great song, but i'm still widnes till i die :D haha

[RoyalBlueMersey]

lol

[RoyalBlueMersey]

they even mention toxteth in this song and the pier head, the irish ave sung sum brilliant song about liverpool!

[mufdiva007]

hstjn88.. so do i!

[bigthun]

So where was this guy born? Salford or Liverpool?

How he claimin manc and liverpool?

[kellyoneill]

he was born in dublin!!!!

[kevthecat11]

I was born in Warrington (Middle of Liverpool and Manchester), just like Liverpool tha'sall.

[kevthecat11]

Only Liverpool could inspire songs as lovely of this...and I'm a woolyback!

[spicezz]

if you say nice things about liverpool,and mean them, they let you off being woolyback.

[zelefant]

Ez fantasztikus!Ez az egyik legjobb Dabliners dal.Hálás köszönet annak aki feltette.

Üdv néked dicső idegen!Köszönöm! Thank you!

zelefant

[bleo34]

Stan Kelly could write a tune. Great version of a beautiful song.

Luke had a cracking voice, very powerful.

[skellybootle]

Bless youse, Oneil & Bleo. Stan Kelly here, himself, in person, like!

I wrote de WERDS but Leon Rosselson added that great tune. I have the meagre royalty statements to prove it!

I once introduced the Dubliners to BILL SHANKLY. I was travelling with the team for a game vs DUNDALK,

We was all supping de porter while Bill had lemonade. He told us IT'S NO A HEALTHY LIFE YERR LEADING

YET I outlived the bugger, and so did some of the Dubliners. I'll be 80 next Sep. owe it all to Guiness and Shags

[Hobditch]

Mr. Kelly, sir. Kudos to you for penning these words. I'm from Leeds & have no real affinity with either Liverpool or Ireland (great-grandma excepted) but I adore this song. I always assumed Luke kelly co-wrote it but I now feel obliged to credit your good self. An incredible vocal performance from Luke, especially his scouse 'dug an 'ole in the ground' Literally stops me in my tracks every time. If you never do anything else in your life, writing this song is an impressive enough legacy.

[skellybootle]

Hi dere Hobditch. Two of my nieces went to Leeds Univ. Cant be all bad! But on my O L'POOL WE LOVE YOU LP I sing about that May 1st 1965 FA Cup final: LFC 2 Leeds 1. Hate to remind yiz. I actually recorded I WISH I WAS BACK (Not WERE back. Gritch) for Folkways. MacColl and Peggy Seeger in the Chorus! Prefer Luke's version.

Cheere, Stan Kelly

[Hobditch]

Not old enough to remember the 65 cup final but have seen it many times. Hunt/St. John with a Bremner equaliser inbetween. We let you have that one as there was a bit of a rare trophy famine at the 'Pool until '73! Like what ya saying, 'were' is nice and colloquial but 'was' is grammatically correct. Me grammar would've been proud, god bless her...

[skellybootle]

No, Hobbie! Both 'was' and 'were' are grammatically correct. BUT 'I wish I were back" is the SUBJUNCTIVE, indicating that my dream of returning to M'side is DOUBTFUL! 'I wish I was back' gives the sense that my return is quite possible.

Good to see LEEDS UTD heading back to higher places, where they belong. See the CLOUGH TV documentary?

Stan Kelly

[ToffeeNoseJW]

no way, you can't be serious.... which team did luke s'pport? lmao

[skellybootle]

ToffeeNoseJW: Luke didn't come to the game. We all met at the team's hotel in Dublin. Sure he and the Dubliners would have cheered on Dundalk, although, as yer know, Ireland has lotsa L'pool and Everton Fans. My family is SPLIT down the middle RED and BLUE! I was Keegan's co-agent when he came to Anfield. Happy days. BTW I belong to both supporters clubs. GO LIVERTON! stan kelly

[pqeutierrk]

fantastic

[matlfc]

is right the pool lar

[worc2233]

where is the painting from that you have as the background? would be a great print to get hold of!

[kellyoneill]

thats from google images.

[fradtan]

painting is from a reel they done called octopus reel or octopus jig. check it out ,just shows how good they were....

[hstyjn88]

t. duggins did it better

[kellyoneill]

sorry i disagree

[PLScotland]

Reminds me of my childhood, God rest Luke Kelly!

[seanbhoy67]

a great song about a great town