And to show the song is still alive and kicking I just found the following in a recently published book of Football songs. From the Liverpool repertoire! Tune,as you would expect 'Red River Valley' Let me tell you the story of a poor boy Who was sent far away from his home To fight for his king and his country And all the old folks back home. They put him in a second division Sent him off to a far foreign field Where the flies swarm around in their thousands And there's nothing to see but the sand. Now the battle it started next morning Under the Arabian sun I remember the poor Scouser Tommy Who was shot by an old Nazi gun. He lay on the battlefield dying With the blood rushing out of his head As he lay on the battlefield dying, dying, dying These were the last words he said. "Oh, I'm a Liverpudlian And I come from the Spion Kop I like to sing, I like to shout And get thrown out quite a lot. We support a team that's dressed in red It's team that you all know It's a team we call Li-ver-pool And to glory we will go!" 2-nil, 2-nil, 2-nil, 2-nil (Amazing Grace) Sorry, couldn't resist that last bit! Not part of the song.
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