Don’t Take Me Home song: What are the lyrics and why do they sing it at the darts?
DARTS fans will be in fine voice over the next few weeks with the World Championships around the corner.
The likes of Luke Littler and Michael van Gerwen will be looking to win the coveted Sid Waddell trophy that Luke Humphries picked up last year.
But they’ll need all the support of the Ally Pally faithful to do so, and they’re certain to not disappoint.
Darts fans are known as some of the most passionate in the country and they have en entire library of songs they recite at tournaments, particularly the World Champs.
And ‘Don’t Take Me Home’ is certainly one of them.
What are the lyrics to Don’t Take Me Home?
Don’t take me home
Please don’t take me home
I just don’t wanna go to work
I wanna stay here and drink all your beer
Please don’t please don’t take me home
Don’t take me home
Please don’t take me home
I just don’t wanna go to work
I wanna stay here and drink all your beer
Please don’t please don’t take me home
The song is sung to the tune of Billy Ray Cyrus’ Achy Breaky Heart.
Why do football and darts fans sing it?
Well, the answer’s in the lyrics.
The World Darts Championships takes place across nearly three weeks with most of the action taking place on week days.
The majority of fans have to take time off work to attend the Ally Pally.
And the same goes for football supporters, particularly England fans during the Euros or the World Cup.
Thousands of England fans have had to take time off work to travel to major tournaments over the years, with numerous games taking place on week days.
And the longer England stay in the tournament, the longer those fans can support the Three Lions in person.
England fans and darts fans alike are pretty fond of beer, too.
Darts World Championship full draw
Second round draw (seeded vs first-round winner)
- Luke Humphries vs Thibault Tricole or Joe Comito
- Raymond van Barneveld vs Nick Kenny or Stowe Buntz
- James Wade vs Jermaine Wattimena or Stefan Bellmont
- Peter Wright vs Wesley Plaisier or Ryusei Azemoto
- Stephen Bunting vs Alan Soutar or Kai Gotthardt
- Dirk van Duijvenbode vs Madars Ramza or Christian Kist
- Damon Heta vs Connor Scutt or Ben Robb
- Mike De Decker vs Luke Woodhouse or Lourence Ilagan
- Luke Littler vs Ryan Meikle or Fallon Sherrock
- Ritchie Edhouse vs Ian White or Sandro Eric Sosing
- Danny Noppert vs Ryan Joyce or Darius Labanauskas
- Ryan Searle vs Mensur Suljovic or Matt Campbell
- Rob Cross vs Scott Williams or Niko Springer
- Gian van Veen vs Ricardo Pietreczko or Xiaochen Zong
- Nathan Aspinall vs Cameron Menzies or Leonard Gates
- Andrew Gilding vs Martin Lukeman or Nitin Kumar
- Michael Smith vs Kevin Doets or Noa-Lynn van Leuven
- Krzysztof Ratajski vs Richard Veenstra or Alexis Toylo
- Chris Dobey vs Stephen Burton or Alexander Merkx
- Josh Rock vs Karel Sedlacek or Rhys Griffin
- Jonny Clayton vs Mickey Mansell or Tomoya Goto
- Daryl Gurney vs Florian Hempel or Jeffrey de Zwaan
- Gerwyn Price vs Kim Huybrechts or Keane Barry
- Joe Cullen vs Wessel Nijman or Cameron Carolissen
- Michael van Gerwen vs James Hurrell or Jim Long
- Brendan Dolan vs Chris Landman or Lok Yin Lee
- Gary Anderson vs Jeffrey de Graaf or Rashad Sweeting
- Ross Smith vs Jim Williams or Paolo Nebrida
- Dave Chisnall vs Ricky Evans or Gordon Mathers
- Gabriel Clemens vs Niels Zonneveld or Robert Owen
- Dimitri Van den Bergh vs William O’Connor or Dylan Slevin
- Martin Schindler vs Callan Rydz or Romeo Grbavac