Marian McKenzie sang Liverpool Lullaby unaccompanied in 1965 on the Three City Four's eponymous first album. The sleeve notes commented:

"Stan Kelly is a Liverpudlian who was prominent in the early days of the British folksong revival as a singer and songmaker. He has a close feel for the traditional idiom plus a wry sense of humour that gives edge to his serious songs. This one is a good instance. It is based on a Tyneside song written by Robert Nunn (1808-1853), a blind fiddler, to a traditional tune called Dollia:

       When daddy'd drunk he'll take a knife
       And threaten sair to take my life.
       Who wouldn't be a keelman's wife
       To have a man like Johnny?

Stan Kelly has reshaped the song in modern Liverpool terms without sacrificing any of its character and without parodying it."