The Dublin Saunter (Dublin can be heaven)
Written by Leo Maguire (1903-1985)(e *) = play A- and D-string, not E. Originally recorded by Noel Purcell in the 1940s and later by Paddy Reilly and Maureen Potter. Leo Maguire was a Jackeen who wrote over one hundred songs, his most famous being The Whistling Gypsy, Maguire was born in 1903 and died in 1985, he worked for the national broadcaster R.T.E. presenting the radio programme The Waltons Show where he played ballads for thirty years. The man who sings the song is the bold Paddy Reilly from Dublin who was the front man in The Dubliners for a few years. Paddy became famous overnight when he had a massive hit with the Pete St. John Song ''The Fields Of Athenry'' .
(G) I've been North and (e) I've been South
(G) I've been East and (e) West
I've (G) been just a (e *) rolling (D) stone (D7)
(G) Yet there's one place (e) on this earth
I've (G) always liked the (e)best
(G) Just a little (e *)town I call my (D) own (D7)
For (G) Dublin can be (e) heaven
With (G) coffee at e-(e)-leven
And a (a) stroll in Stephen's (D) Green (D7)
(G) There's no need to (e) hurry
(G) There's no need to (e) worry
You're a (a) king and the lady's a (D) queen (D7)
(G) Grafton Street's a (e) wonderland
There's (G) magic in the (e) air
There's (a) diamonds in the lady's eyes
And (D) gold-dust in her (D7) hair
And (G) if you don't be-(e)-lieve me
(C) Come and meet me (a) there
In (D) Dublin on a (D7) sunny Summer (C) mor-(G)-ning
I've been here and I've been there
I've sought the rainbow's end
But no crock of gold I've found
Now I know that come what will
Whatever fate may send
Here my roots are deep in friendly ground
For Dublin can be heaven
With coffee at eleven
And a stroll in Stephen's green
There's no need to hurry
There's no need to worry
You're the king and the lady's a queen
Grafton Street's a wonderland
There's magic in the air
There's diamonds in the lady's eyes
And gold-dust in her hair
And if you don't believe me
Come and meet me there
In Dublin on a sunny Summer morning
And if you don't believe me
Come and meet me there
In Dublin on a sunny Summer morning,
written by Leo Maguire. Originally recorded by Noel Purcell in the 1940s and later by Paddy Reilly and Maureen Potter. Leo Maguire was a Jackeen who wrote over one hundred songs, his most famous being The Whistling Gypsy, Maguire was born in 1903 and died in 1985, he worked for the national broadcaster R.T.E. presenting the radio programme The Waltons Show where he played ballads for thirty years. The man who sings the song is the bold Paddy Reilly from Dublin who was the front man in The Dubliners for a few years. Paddy became famous overnight when he had a massive hit with the Pete St. John Song ''The Fields Of Athenry'' .
