Take Me Back To Castlebar-Hugo Duncan

[ti:Take Me Back To Castlebar] [ar:Hugo Duncan] [al:Ireland's Own] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Take Me Back To Castlebar - Hugo Duncan [00:11.68]I'm waiting for John Murphy's van [00:13.95]To take me to the site [00:15.51] [00:16.26]I've been working seven days a week [00:18.57]From morning to dark night [00:20.01] [00:20.92]And I step inside the van [00:23.17]And gently close the door [00:24.83] [00:25.75]The first thing that they ask me's [00:27.72]What I did the night before [00:29.49] [00:30.76]Take me back To Castlebar [00:32.72]In the county of Mayo [00:34.26] [00:35.14]It's the only place in Ireland [00:37.19]I'm longing for to go [00:38.97] [00:39.83]Where they greet you with a friendly smile [00:42.19]And they bid you time of day [00:43.92] [00:44.58]When I set me foot in old Mayo [00:46.68]I never more will stray [00:48.44] [00:49.99]My boss Jack the ganger man [00:51.75]He talks about the times [00:53.26] [00:53.94]Himself and old John Murphy [00:56.38]Worked deep down in the mines [00:58.06] [00:58.72]He says he meets them often [01:00.54]At the Dorchester Hotel [01:02.61] [01:03.38]If you want to get promotion [01:05.50]Get down and dig like hell [01:08.06]Take me back To Castlebar [01:10.55]In the county of Mayo [01:12.06] [01:13.13]It's the only place in Ireland [01:15.15]I'm longing for to go [01:16.90] [01:17.86]Where they greet you with a friendly smile [01:20.29]And they bid you time of day [01:22.01] [01:22.62]When I set me foot in old Mayo [01:24.74]I never more will stray [01:26.65] [01:27.97]Jack from Connemara [01:29.40]When he gets in the hump [01:31.44] [01:32.11]Sure he talks about the money [01:34.05]He made while working on the lump [01:36.24] [01:37.15]Sure he blames old Maggy Thatcher [01:39.37]And her government as well [01:40.87] [01:41.59]He says he's made his money now [01:43.97]And they can go to hell [01:45.88] [01:46.73]Take me back To Castlebar [01:49.20]In the county of Mayo [01:50.69] [01:51.69]It's the only place in Ireland [01:53.87]I'm longing for to go [01:55.52] [01:56.49]Where they greet you with a friendly smile [01:58.93]And they bid you time of day [02:00.49] [02:01.24]When I set me foot in old Mayo [02:03.54]I never more will stray [02:05.09] [02:06.17]There's another chap from Pakistan [02:07.90]No bigger than a duck [02:10.20] [02:10.71]He sells his wares upon the site [02:13.21]They fell off the back of a truck [02:15.64]He says he is a Carpenter [02:17.85]And that might well be true [02:19.57] [02:20.25]But I've never seen him working [02:22.45]He must be on the brew [02:25.46]Take me back To Castlebar [02:27.74]In the county of Mayo [02:29.31] [02:30.15]It's the only place in Ireland [02:32.21]I'm longing for to go [02:34.26] [02:34.96]Where they greet you with a friendly smile [02:37.51]And they bid you time of day [02:39.15] [02:39.95]When I set me foot in old Mayo [02:42.31]I never more will stray [02:44.21] [02:49.99]At The Duke Of York on Saturday night [02:52.29]McGraley does remit [02:53.51] [02:54.61]He says he first came over here in 1938 [02:58.64] [02:59.48]That was the year before the war [03:01.84]If me memory serves me right [03:03.57] [03:04.45]For written on the factory wall [03:06.82]Was No Irish Wanted Here [03:08.56] [03:09.14]Take me back To Castlebar [03:11.54]In the county of Mayo [03:12.96] [03:13.88]It's the only place in Ireland [03:16.08]I'm longing for to go [03:17.97] [03:19.29]Where they greet you with a friendly smile [03:21.70]And they bid you time of day [03:23.21] [03:23.86]When I set me foot in old Mayo [03:26.19]I never more will stray [03:27.95] [03:29.18]Take me back To Castlebar [03:30.87] [03:31.41]In the county of Mayo [03:32.76] [03:33.72]It's the only place in Ireland [03:35.94]I'm longing for to go [03:37.91] [03:38.55]Where they greet you with a friendly smile [03:41.20]And they bid you time of day