Uploaded by Evenstar100 on Jul 28, 2008
The Leaving of Liverpool is a traditional folk song. In this video it is sung by the Dubliners.
Liverpool was once one of the major sea ports in the UK and indeed the world. One of the commonly sung versions of the song was collected from Richard Maitland, a resident of Sailor's Snug Harbor a home for retired seamen on Staten Island. Maitland reputedly learned it while on board the sailing ship General Knox around 1885, nine years before it caught fire while berthed on the East River, New York.
The Davy Crockett, launched 1853 October 18 at the shipyard of Greenman & Co
and referred to in the song, was a well-known clipper ship of the nineteenth century.
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as a born and bred scouser i love this song and i played it for my cousin who now lives in the USA it made us all cry
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Greatest city on the planet........ and my place of birth ;) how blessed i am.
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Good to hear Bobby singing!
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Being a Liverpool lass away from the city, listening to this song and seeing these pictures makes me feel a bit better about being so far away.
Thank you for that :)
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Seems apart from the Spinners (who are from Liverpool anyway) that this is the only version that actually starts Farehteewell Oh Princes Landing Stage, for some reason, quite a lot of other versions have a pretty nondescript start
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Liverpool.....The capitol of Ireland
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classic
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@Evenstar100 it's a pleasure correspond with a person that like this music...... especially this "monumental" song
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uno dei più bei pezzi di sempre........
nomenklaturahippie 9 months ago
@nomenklaturahippie Thank you so much!
Evenstar100 8 months ago
my ggggrandfather left Liverpool to come to Australia in the late 1840's. When he came out, he left a wife and 4 children behind so he could seek a better life for them. They came out in the 1850's and thrived. Listening to this song, I understand the gamble he was taking.
snookums01 9 months ago 2
@snookums01 Thank you for commenting. Real history of real people.
Evenstar100 8 months ago
i like this song alot brings me back to the older days
redgaridose 2 years ago 5
Thank you so much!!
Evenstar100 2 years ago