Escrita por Mark Knopfler, foi gravada entre 28 de novembro e 12 de dezembro de 1978, no Compass Point Studio, em Nassau. Foi lançada em 5 de junho de 1979, no disco Communiqué, o segundo da banda. Foi produzida por Jerry Wexler e Barry Beckett. Mark Knopfler cantou e tocou guitarra solo e base. David Knopfler tocou guitarra base e fez backing vocals. John Illsley tocou baixo e fez backing vocals. Pick Withers tocou bateria. Barry Beckett tocou teclado.
A letra:
Belladonna's
on the high street
Her breasts upon the offbeat
And the stalls
are just the side shows
Victoriana's old clothes
And yes, her
jeans are tight now
She gotta travel light now
She got to turn
up all her roots now
She got to turn up for the boots now
She thinks she's tough
She ain't no
English rose
Ah, but the blind singer
He's seen enough and he
knows
Yes, and he do a song about a long-gone Irish girl
Ah,
but I got one for you, Portobello Belle
She sees a man upon his back
there
Escaping from a sack there
And Belladonna lingers
Her
gloves they got no fingers
Yeah, the blind man sing in Irish
He
get his money in a tin dish
Just a corner serenader
Upon a time
he could have made her, made her
She thinks she's tough
She ain't no
English rose
Ah, but the blind singer
He's seen enough and he
knows
Yes, and he do a song about a long-gone Irish girl
Ah,
but I got one for you, Portobello Belle
Yes, and the barrow boys are
hawking
And the parakeet is squawking
Upon a truck there is a
rhino
She get the crying of a wino
And then she hear the reggae
rumble
Belladonna's in the jungle
But she is no garden
flower
There is no distress in the tower
Belladonna walks
Belladonna taking a
stroll
She don't care about your window box
Or your button
hole
Yes, and she sing a song about a long-gone Irish girl
Ah,
but I got one for you, Portobello Belle
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