The Dubliners - Dubliners lyrics

Oh, Dublin you're my city
I'm proud to call you mine
Divided by the Liffey's greasy slime
No matter who I love and woo
At home or over sea
My heart prefers those Dubliners like me

Dublin men and women are the
Salt of all the earth
Fiercely true and loyal to the
Town that gave them birth
A Dublin man spends all
His life making friends
With black porter each evening at eight
When they sound his death knell his
Last prayer is to dwell
By Saint James' pearly gate

Oh, Dublin you're my city
I'm proud to call you mine
Divided by the Liffey's greasy slime
No matter who I love and woo
At home or over sea
My heart prefers those Dubliners like me

Dublin is to Dubliners a dear old dirty town
It's getting dearer every year and
Hard to earn a pound
And as for the Liffey that
Gash through the city
It's thicker than treacle or chalk
It will soon be so grim
That instead of a swim
They'll be holding the Liffey walk

Thugs and drugs and muggings are
The order of the day
The headlines yell: "We've gone to hell
It's time crime didn't pay"
The gangs and the police meet
Nightly on Foley Street
Bleeding their way through the news
It's become quite a scene the
New show on our screen
Will be Sean McDermott Street blues

Oh, Dublin you're my city
I'm proud to call you mine
Divided by the Liffey's greasy slime
No matter who I love and woo
At home or over sea
My heart prefers those Dubliners like me

Even though we've troubles we can
Always find a smile
A 'Dub' will wear a certain air
I think you'd call it style
Those Guinness streaked faces from
The Phoenix Park races
Cheer up the grey streets with their jibes
Though most landmarks are gone
The rich pagent lives on
And Molly Malone still survives

So, Dublin you're my city
I'm proud to call you mine
Divided by the Liffey's greasy slime
No matter who I love and woo
At home or over sea
My heart prefers those Dubliners like me

Dublin you're my city
I'm proud to call you mine
Divided by the Liffey's greasy slime
No matter who I love and woo
At home or over sea
My heart prefers those Dubliners like me