[Verse 1: Luke Kelly]

Well, if you've got a wing-o

Take her up to Ring-o

Where the waxies sing-o all the day;

If you've had your fill of porter

And you can't go any further

Give your man the order: "Back to the Quay!"

[Chorus: The Dubliners]

And take her up to Monto, Monto, Monto

Take her up to Monto, lan-ge- roo

To you!

[Verse 2: Luke Kelly]

Well you've heard of 'Buckshot Forster'

The dirty old impostor

Took his mot and lost her, up the Furry Glen

He first put on his bowler

And he buttoned up his trousers

And he whistled for a growler and he says, "My man!"

[Chorus: The Dubliners]

And take me up to Monto, Monto, Monto

Take me up to Monto, lan-ge- roo

To you!

[Verse 3: Luke Kelly]

You see the Dublin Fusiliers

The dirty old bamboozlers

De Wet'll get the childer, one, two, three

Marching from the Linen Hall

There's one for every cannonball

And Vicky's going to send yis all, o'er the sea

[Chorus: The Dubliners]

But first go up to Monto, Monto, Monto

Take her up to Monto, lan-ge- roo

To you!

[Verse 4: Luke Kelly]

When Carey told on Skin-the-goat

O'Donnell caught him on the boat

He wished he'd never been afloat, the dirty skite

It wasn't very sensible

To tell on the Invincibles

They stood up for their principles, day and night

[Chorus: The Dubliners]

Be Goin' up to Monto, Monto, Monto

Goin' up to Monto, lan-ge- roo

To you!

[Verse 5: Luke Kelly]

Now when the Tsar of Russia

And the King of Prussia

Landed in the Phoenix, in a big balloon

They asked the police band

To play "The Wearin' of the Green"

But the buggers in the depot didn't know the tune

[Chorus: The Dubliners]

And he took her up Monto, Monto, Monto

Took her up to Monto, lan-ge- roo

To you!

[Verse 6: Luke Kelly]

The Queen she came to call on us

She wanted to see all of us

I'm glad she didn't fall on us, she's eighteen stone

"Mister Me Lord Mayor," says she

"Is this all you've got to show me?"

"Why, no ma'am there's some more to see, Pog mo thoin!"

[Chorus]

So they both went up to Monto, Monto, Monto

Both went up to Monto, lan-ge- roo

To you!