The Leaving of Liverpool

[LSMelo]

Hello.

Can anyone send me the lyrics of this song? Anyoine knows where can I get the lyrics that are not in the website of the Pogues?

Thank you.

Luís

[MacRua]

Google rules, Ismelo!

[Kriss]

The Pouges reissued their 1984 album Red Roses For Me in 2004 to include 6 bonus tracks, one of those tracks being "The Leaving of Liverpool". Shane's singing lead, but who shouts out "One more time!" towards the end of the song. I'm pretty sure it's not Spider as we hear him echo "We will be!" around the same time and it's not the same voice.

P.S. - Yes I realize it's kind of a pointless question but I don't care.

[Mick Molloy]

Spider I guess.

edit: I was confused with the 'we will be' part

[MacRua]

If you mean back vocal in the chorus - Andrew Ranken..

[Simon Maguire]

Spider I guess.

edit: I was confused with the 'we will be' part

I think its referring to the part of the last chorus "When I return united we will be" Spider seems to shout it out a little louder and a little before the rest of the band. It’s quite distinctively Spider’s voice.

[Kriss]

Right, that part is clearly Spider, but the quest was referring to before Spider's bit, before they repeat the chorus a second time, someone (presumably Mr. Ranken) shouts "One more time!"

[Michaelo]

Right, that part is clearly Spider, but the quest was referring to before Spider's bit, before they repeat the chorus a second time, someone (presumably Mr. Ranken) shouts "One more time!"

It sounds like Jem Finer to me.

[John C]

Right, that part is clearly Spider, but the quest was referring to before Spider's bit, before they repeat the chorus a second time, someone (presumably Mr. Ranken) shouts "One more time!"

It sounds like Jem Finer to me.

I don't know if he were even in the band at that time but I always imagined that it was Mr Woods. (This is just a thought, it may not even be CLOSE to correct).

John.

[Mick Molloy]

Right, that part is clearly Spider, but the quest was referring to before Spider's bit, before they repeat the chorus a second time, someone (presumably Mr. Ranken) shouts "One more time!"

It sounds like Jem Finer to me.

I don't know if he were even in the band at that time but I always imagined that it was Mr Woods. (This is just a thought, it may not even be CLOSE to correct).

John.

It's the other way round mate

[dsweeney]

If I had to make a guess I would say it is Frank Murray, the Pogues manager. It's definitely an Irish accent anyway. It's NOT Spider. Terry wasn't in the band yet or Phil.

[Spike]

It may be Mr Chevron as, whilst not being officially a full time member of the band at that point, i believe he was in the producers chair for the sessions that The Leaving Of Liverpool & The Wild Rover were recorded at. It's therefore quite likely that he played & sang on them on them as well as twiddled the knobs.

[philipchevron]

It may be Mr Chevron as, whilst not being officially a full time member of the band at that point, i believe he was in the producers chair for the sessions that The Leaving Of Liverpool & The Wild Rover were recorded at. It's therefore quite likely that he played & sang on them on them as well as twiddled the knobs.

Nah, not guilty on these ones. I believe Costello considered these tracks his "revenge" on the folk scene that had rejected him in the early 70s.