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This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. Find sources: "List of songs about Liverpool" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2018) This is a list of songs referencing the city of Liverpool, England: "100 Miles to Liverpool ...
The Leaving of Liverpool; Long Haired Lover from Liverpool; M. Maggie May (folk song) N. Neighbourhood (song) P. Penny Lane; R. Randy Scouse Git; S. Strawberry Fields ...
"Maggie May" (or "Maggie Mae") (Roud No. 1757) is a traditional Liverpool folk song about a prostitute who robbed a "homeward bounder", a sailor coming home from a round trip. John Manifold, in his Penguin Australian Song Book, described it as "A foc'sle song of Liverpool origin apparently, but immensely popular among seamen all over the world ...
(The) Leaving of Liverpool" (Roud 9435), also known as "Fare Thee Well, My Own True Love", is a folk song. Folklorists classify it as a lyrical lament and it was also used as a sea shanty, especially at the capstan. It is very well known in Britain, Ireland, and America, despite the fact that it was collected only twice, from the Americans ...
Africa Oye [6] is the UK's largest free festival of African music. Each year the Liverpool Irish Festival [7] is held featuring mostly folk music celebrating the cultural links between Liverpool and Ireland. Liverpool contains a very large Irish population. In 2017 the music event Melodic Distraction became a radio station in and serving ...
They founded a folk club in Liverpool, the 'Triton Club' (while they were still called 'The Liverpool Spinners' [4]), but soon were performing in London at places such as The Troubadour coffee house. Their first album, Songs Spun in Liverpool (released under the group name of 'The Liverpool Spinners'), was recorded by Bill Leader from live ...
The following is a list of songs about cities. It is not exhaustive. Cities are a major topic for popular songs. [1] [2] Music journalist Nick Coleman said that apart from love, "pop is better on cities than anything else." [1] Popular music often treats cities positively, though sometimes they are portrayed as places of danger and temptation.
Songs about Liverpool (14 P) Songs about London (113 P) Pages in category "Songs about England" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.