Liverpool town where I was born
Where there ain't no trees, no scented breeze
No fields of waving corn
But there's lots of girls with peroxide curls
And the black-and-tan flows free
Where there's six in a bed by the old pierhead
And it's Liverpool town for me
It's ten long years since I went away
To roam the wide world o'er
My very first trip in an old tramp ship
That was bound for Baltimore
I was ten days sick, I just couldn't stick
That bobbing up and down
So I told them, Jack, to turn right back
To dear old Liverpool town
We built the Mersey tunnel, boys
Way back in 'thirty-three
Dug an 'ole in the ground until we found
An 'ole called Wallasey
And the foreman cried, Come on outside
The roof is fallin' down
And I'm tellin' you, Jack, we all swam back
To dear old Liverpool town
There's every race and colour of face
And every kind of name
But the pigeons on the pierhead
They'll treat us all the same
If you walk up Upper Parliament Street
You'll see faces black and brown
And I've also seen the Orange and Green
In dear old Liverpool town
I wish I was back in Liverpool Liverpool town where I was born Where there ain't no trees, no scented breeze No fields of waving corn But there's lots of girls with peroxide curls And the black-and-tan flows free Where there's six in a bed by the old pierhead And it's Liverpool town for me It's ten long years since I went away To roam the wide world o'er My very first trip in an old tramp ship That was bound for Baltimore I was ten days sick, I just couldn't stick That bobbing up and down So I told them, Jack, to turn right back To dear old Liverpool town We built the Mersey tunnel, boys Way back in 'thirty-three Dug an 'ole in the ground until we found An 'ole called Wallasey And the foreman cried, Come on outside The roof is fallin' down And I'm tellin' you, Jack, we all swam back To dear old Liverpool town There's every race and colour of face And every kind of name But the pigeons on the pierhead They'll treat us all the same If you walk up Upper Parliament Street You'll see faces black and brown And I've also seen the Orange and Green In dear old Liverpool town Explain Request ×
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