Cassette sleeve | |||
"Captain Joe Fiddle's" | |||
July 28, 1990 | |||
Loco Studio, Wales | |||
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Solid Records | |||
Davy Carton, Leo Moran, Paul Cunniffe | |||
Phil Tennant | |||
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"I Useta Lover" (, eye dialect of "I used to love her") is a 1990 song by Irish rock group The Saw Doctors.[1] It is the second single off the If This Is Rock and Roll, I Want My Old Job Back album. It stayed at the #1 position in the Irish chart for nine weeks and became one of the best-selling singles of all time in the country.[2] A similar clerically influenced[citation needed] message is seen in other Saw Doctors songs, notably "Bless Me Father" and "Tommy K".
The chorus of the song was originally taken from a song of the same name which was performed by Davy Carton's first band, Blaze X. The original song had been written by Paul Cunniffe. The Blaze X version of the song appears as a B-side on some versions of the single.
References[edit]
- ^ Pope, Conor. "I Useta Love Her: How the song that rhymed Mass and ass became an Irish anthem". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
- ^ "Saw Doctors – biggest selling single in Irish history – Irish Music Daily". Retrieved 2020-10-01.
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I have fallen for another she can make her own way home
And even if she asked me now I’d let her go alone
I useta see her up the chapel when she went to Sunday mass
And when she’d go to receive, I’d kneel down there
And watch her pass
The glory of her ass
I useta to love her, I useta love her once
A long, long
time ago
I useta to love her, I useta love her once
A long long time ago
It’s gone , all my lovin’ is gone
It’s gone , all my lovin’ is gone
D’you remember her collecting for concern on Christmas eve
She was on a forty eight hour fast just water and black tea
I walked right up and made an ostentatious
Contribution
And I winked at her to tell her I’d seduce her in the future
When she’s feelin looser
I useta to love her, I useta love her
once
A long, long time ago
I useta to love her, I useta love her once
A long long time ago
It’s gone , all my lovin’ is gone
It’s gone , all my lovin’ is gone
So now you know the truth of it she’s no longer my obsession
Though the thoughts and dreams i had of her would take six months in confession
See i met this young one Thursday night and she’s inta free expression
And her mission is to rid the world of this sinful repression
Then we had a
session
It’s gone , long , long gone
I have fallen for another and she can make her own way home
I useta to love her, I useta love her once
A long, long time ago
I useta to love her, I useta love her once
A long long time ago
It’s gone , all my lovin’ is gone
It’s gone , all my lovin’ is gone
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I have fallen for another she can make her own way home And even if she asked me now I’d let her go alone I useta see her up the chapel when she went to Sunday mass And when she’d go to receive, I’d kneel down there And watch her pass The glory of her ass I useta to love her, I useta love her once A long, long time ago I useta to love her, I useta love her once A long long time ago It’s gone , all my lovin’ is gone It’s gone , all my lovin’ is gone D’you remember her collecting for concern on Christmas eve She was on a forty eight hour fast just water and black tea I walked right up and made an ostentatious Contribution And I winked at her to tell her I’d seduce her in the future When she’s feelin looser I useta to love her, I useta love her once A long, long time ago I useta to love her, I useta love her once A long long time ago It’s gone , all my lovin’ is gone It’s gone , all my lovin’ is gone So now you know the truth of it she’s no longer my obsession Though the thoughts and dreams i had of her would take six months in confession See i met this young one Thursday night and she’s inta free expression And her mission is to rid the world of this sinful repression Then we had a session It’s gone , long , long gone I have fallen for another and she can make her own way home I useta to love her, I useta love her once A long, long time ago I useta to love her, I useta love her once A long long time ago It’s gone , all my lovin’ is gone It’s gone , all my lovin’ is gone