As good as I can get it (from the Spotify and SoundCloud links above- thanks Freddy):

LIVERPOOL LAD
(Alex Glasgow)

Come here little lad with your Liverpool face
Your Liverpool eyes and your Liverpool grace
Who's going to win in the Liverpool race?
Way down the wide river again

Liverpool lad with no pants to his bum
(Praise to the Pope ? ? ) for his Liverpool mum
Whose belly grows big in a Liverpool slum
Way down the wide river again

Merseyside merchants are counting their gold
The Liverpool scene brings them bounties untold
While Liverpool lads and lassies are sold
Way down the wide river again
Way down the wide river again
Way down the wide river again


Just that half a line I can't quite get. I think I understand it's meaning, but not sure it's quite right.
Any ideas anyone?