The Leaving of Goodison

Maybe your next release can be to that tune, but titled "In my Everton Home".

I'm not sure but, if I'm right, that was the last game in the old main stand and I took a spanner along to unscrew my seat and take it home.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I did steal my seat. I was only a pre-teenager. 😀

Did I see it? No, I was on a school trip to London and my mother went instead. That and the Palace game at the start of the season the only ones I missed.

Hence the mad dash along the M62 in 1985 to see us get the trophy when we played West Ham.

Just arrived home from today's game and you have managed to lift my spirits. Do you know why it went missing?

Danny mentioning In My Liverpool Home reminded me of an EP from the 60s The Singing City; it featured all three songs plus Maggie May and Dirty Old Town.

My own favourite shanty is Whip Jamboree.

Thanks, mate – really appreciate your words.

Danny asked me to put some lyrics to In My Liverpool Home, which started today and I'm half thorough.

Not heard Shanty is Whip Jamboree, who's that by?

Was the game that bad? Lol

I have no idea about it's relevance or historical context, and why it was played, but it sounded good.

Maybe it's because I lived in Italy and my dog is called Bella.

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The pink Echo used to "accommodate" this sort of toe curling nonsense and the "lyricist" from the red side of this city would line up to make complete twats of themselves.

Sorry Paul. I know you can be a funny man and I like that you often, skilfully, walk a very fine line, but you are better than this twee self-indulgent nonsense.

If you are going to annihilate an old Liverpool folk song, do it with the barbed wire God instilled into your DNA

Scousers (as opposed to kopites) don't do Twee.

Lighten up, Colin, for fuck's sake! ;-)

A Latin commentator, I can't remember where from, started singing it after Calvert-Lewin's penalty at Newcastle.

I was just sitting thinking about Goodison closing and thought about putting words to our situation of going to our new ground. I am a musician and have written songs all my life.

You say scouses don't do twee… ever heard of the Beatles? They are the twee of twee, most of the early songs were. Don't you like them because of the tweenes?

And the last time I checked, I think they were scousers, all four of them. Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull said he found the Beatles songs a bit twee.

Imagine if every songwriter listened to your criticising, songs would never be written. But thanks for the comments, Colin. All the best, mate.

Here's a joke to cheer you up.

Just found out grandad's addicted to Viagra. No one's taking it harder than grandma.😀

Brentford 4 Man Utd 1 ☺️

In our Goodison home, In our Goodison home

We have 5 forwards exceedingly small

One that is World Class his name is Ball

They play to the chorus of God bless them all

In our Goodison home

All I'm say, oh, it's fare thee well my darlin' true
I'm leaving' in the first hour of the morn
I'm bound off for the bay of Mexico
Or maybe the coast of Californ
So it's fare thee well my own true love
We'll meet another day, another time
It ain't the leavin'
That's a-grievin' me
But my true love who's bound to stay behind, by Dylan.

So I didn't mean it as some great beatlesque piece, just my thoughts on the situation. Criticising yes, everything can be criticised, but "twee self indulgent nonsense" being a complete twat? Bit strong don't you think.

There is an Access Goodison video of yesterday's celebration on YouTube, really emotional.

As a Birkenhead lad, I used to sing. It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me — it's the fact that I've gotta come back! 🥳💙

I accepted Brian's point that I was a tad harsh in post 14, but I won't be coming back to apologise every time your bottom lip starts quivering again.

Twee was acceptable in the sixties. Everything from Movies, Sit Coms, Magazines and yes, music — with the possible exception of Jethro Tull, but even they were living in the past.

If you tried to peddle this song on the streets today, people would walk past you in their droves. Even on a very busy forum like this, you would be lucky if half-a-dozen people bothered to respond. (Well done for at least achieving that!)

Your apparent wounding has taken me by surprise. For somebody who really likes to play rough on here, you are coming across as incredibly overly sensitive. But when you stick an article up on a website, you have to accept it won't be everyone's cup of tea. You have to expect that not everyone is going to love it.

I'm glad you told me you are a musician. It kind of explains the sensitive response but to be honest, mate, I sincerely hope you are not trying to make a living as a lyricist.

Yes, you are more than entitled to your opinions my friend. I'll shut up now and say no more, I'm okay with your comments, they don't bother me at all. I can accept them… but if you criticise me one more time, I swear I'll…!!!

Oh um, er, must go lie down.☺️

Oh, I'm left-handed but I can play a guitar upside down like Hendrix – only a few can do that!

But I don't like blowing my own trumpet, which is one instrument I can't play.😀

As for Everton, I think of Tina Turner singing
"The best"
Better than all the rest, better than any team I've ever met.