Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty

DESCRIPTION: "Carry me back to dear old Blighty, Put me on the train to London town. Take me over there, Drop me anywhere, Liverpool, Leeds, or Manchester, I don't care. I should like to see my best girl... Blighty is the place for me."
AUTHOR: Arthur J. Mills, Fred Godfrey, and Bennett Scott (source: Wikipedia; Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver)
EARLIEST DATE: 1916 (source: Wikipedia; Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver)
KEYWORDS: home war soldier travel
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 185, "Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty" (1 text)
Brophy/Partridge-TommiesSongsAndSlang, p. 217, "(no title)" (1 text)
Arthur-WhenThisBloodyWarIsOver, pp. 37-38, "Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty" (1 text)
Roud #10669
SAME TUNE:
Take Me Back to Dear Old Aussie (File: AWTB105A)
Take Me Back to Dear Old Canada (File: AWTB122B)
File: BrPa217B

Go to the Ballad Search form
Go to the Ballad Index Song List

Go to the Ballad Index Instructions
Go to the Ballad Index Bibliography or Discography