Oh, Liverpool Lou, lovely Liverpool Lou,
Why don't you behave just like other girls do?
Why must my poor heart keep following you?
Stay home and love me, my Liverpool Lou.
When I go out walking, hear people talking,
School children playing, I know what they're saying;
They're saying you'll grieve me, that you will deceive me,
Some morning you'll leave me all packed up and gone.
Oh, Liverpool Lou, lovely Liverpool Lou,
Why don't you behave just like other girls do?
Why must my poor heart keep following you?
Stay home and love me, my Liverpool Lou.
The sounds from the river keep telling me ever,
That I should forget you, like I'd never met you;
Tell me their song, love, was never more wrong, love,
Say I belong, love, to my Liverpool Lou.
Oh, Liverpool Lou, lovely Liverpool Lou,
Why don't you behave just like other girls do?
Why must my poor heart keep following you?
Stay home and love me, my Liverpool Lou.
####.... Dominic Behan [1929-1989] Irish songwriter, short story writer, novelist, and playwright ....####
The YouTube video above features an excellent cover performance by Nova Scotian Joseph Cormier.
A variant was arranged and recorded by the Dorymen (The Dorymen, trk#1, 1972, distributed by Marathon Music Inc, Scarborough, Ontario); and (Tiny Red Light, trk#14, 1980, The Great Canadian Music Co., Toronto, Ontario).
The YouTube video below features a variant arranged and recorded by Harry Hibbs [1942-1989] (Fourth, trk#12, 1970, Arc Sound Ltd, Toronto, Ontario).
The YouTube video below features a variant arranged and recorded by John White (John White Plays Favourites, trk#7, 1973, Audat Records, Oshawa, Ontario).
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