Lyr Add: LiverpoolJohn

Subject: LiverpoolJohn
From: Willa
Date: 14 Feb 02 - 05:28 PM

Liverpool John Phil and June Colclough
When Liverpool John was just sixteen he went away to sea
Working as a deckhand for the Brocklebank company.
He saw the sights of India from a bar room in Bombay, On the morning after wished he'd never went away.

Chorus
And he tries to settle down,he tries to stay on shore;
But every time he gets itchy feet and he's off to sea once more.
He met a girl from Scotty Road, he tried to settle down,
Working for her father on a window-cleaning round.
Adverts in the paper caught his eye one day,
And he sailed on a coaster bound for Liverpool next day.

He jumped ship in Boston, there he learned to sing.
In a travelling rock and roll show which lasted till the spring.
Playing by the Hudson he felt the salt winds blow,
And signed as a bosun for the Gulf of Mexico.

He nearly froze to death one night in winter 'sixty-three.
Heading home from Rotterdam he swore he'd leave the sea.
Working on the night shift, spending days in bed, Longed to see the sun again, so he sailed from Birkenhead.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: LiverpoolJohn
From: Joan from Wigan
Date: 15 Feb 02 - 03:57 AM

I've not come across this song, and, being from Liverpool originally, I'm intrigued. Do you know if it is based on a true story or not? And can anyone supply the tune please?

Joan