Dublin's Soul

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Let's sharpen up the guillotines, It's time for heads to roll!

Dublin's Soul is a protest song about the destruction of Dublin's heritage and culturally important sites, Merchants Arch and Moore Street part of the 1916 rising site by greedy developers who pay off sleazy politicians and corrupt planning officials.

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Dublin’s Soul - (Sharpen the Guillotines) Chorus

Chorus
So Let's sharpen up the guillotines,
It's time for heads to roll!
Don't let these damned developers,
Destroy aul Dublin’s soul!


Now Paul grew up in Inchicore
Near the flats beside the church.
Long before the cronies
Left us all in the lurch.
He says, Dublin 8’s now trendy
And the place is full of knaves
And our heroes in Kilmainham
Must be turning in their graves

Chorus

For there's talk of little envelopes
Getting passed between cute hoors
In the Dublin of me Childhood
The rats only lived in sewers.
So let's gather round the Merchant’s arch
And the tuneful Cobblestone
Let’s send the Gombeen men away
And boot them off their thrones.

Chorus

Let’s “stall the ball” on Moore Street
And The O’Rahilly’s Parade
Protection of the place he lay
Should not be a charade!
Hallowed ground is not protected
His home in Herbert parks now gone
Another failure of “Pleanála”
Sure the list goes on and on!

Chorus

Now Gerry drives a Dublin bus
Up and down the quays
And he says to Georgie Senior
Sure I miss the good aul days.
As I drive up through the Liberties
Me heart does feel bereft
If we let the wankers have their way
There’ll be nothin’ bleedin’ left!

Chorus

Now homeless die in doorways
Round the corner from the Dail
While the teflon Don’s are drinking
With Fine Gael & Fianna Fail
Now its time for Larkins spirit
To rise up for the fight
No development can aer proceed
If the workers all unite!

Chorus x 2

My Dublin’s soul!

credits

released September 17, 2022
Pat Quinn, Vocals, Percussion
John O'Sullivan, Guitar, Vocals,
Owen Watson, Tin Whistle, Accordion, Vocals

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Storytellers, protesters, and performers, we possess a catalogue of originals and love to cover the classics. Folk, blues & rock blended with introspective songwriting and a warmth that welcomes all. ... more

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