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A song by Dominic Behan<\/a>. \u00a0Cliff used to pull this one out often during our earlier years. \u00a0In those days I would record our shows on a cassette tape in order to listen and tailor my own participation over the course of the week between shows. \u00a0The lyrics below are a melange of Behan’s original lyrics and the first verse of a traditional English (some sources say Irish) folk song know as “Love it is Teasing<\/a>“. \u00a0On the cassette that has Cliff singing this song from which I originally transcribed (1989), Cliff performed the verse from the “Love it is Teasing” AS the first verse of Behan’s song, then going on to perform the entirety of Liverpool Lou. \u00a0Cliff denies ever having sung it this way or at least that he cannot recall ever having done so. \u00a0But for me it is\u00a0always<\/em> this way, the song, and I give it to you thusly below.<\/p>\n

Jos. Morneault<\/p>\n

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Not actually related to the song as far as I know – just coincidentally appropriate for this page.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Chorus:<\/span><\/strong>
\nOh Liverpool Lou, lovely Liverpool Lou.<\/strong><\/em>
\nWhy don’t you behave, love, like other girls do?<\/strong><\/em>
\nWhy must my poor heart be following you?<\/strong><\/em>
\nStay home and love me, my Liverpool Lou!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

*For love is teasing and love is pleasing,
\nAnd love is a pleasure when first it is new love.
\nBut as it grows older, well, love it grows colder,
\nAnd then fades away, luv, like the morning dew<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

When I go a-walking, I hear people talking.
\nSchoolchildren playing; I know what they’re saying!
\nThey’re saying you’ll grieve me; that you will deceive me.
\nOne morning you’ll leave me all packed up and gone!<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The sound from the river keep telling me ever
\nThat I should forget you like I’d never met you.
\nPlease tell me their song, luv, was never more wrong luv.
\nJust say I belong, luv, to my Liverpool Lou!<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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*Not from Behan’s actual song but from the old traditional ballad “Love it is Teasing”.<\/p>\n