Poor Scouser Tommy – Liverpool FC Song
Poor Scouser Tommy is a popular song of Liverpool FC fans and can be dated back to the 1960s and the Bill Shankly era.
Since then it has had an extra verse added on the end in tribute to Ian Rush’s four goals in a 5-0 victory over Everton in 1982.
The first verses are to the tune of Red River Valley the second part is to the tune of The Sash.
See below for a recording of the song, and a video of Liverpool fans singing Poor Scouser Tommy in The Albert pub next to Anfield.
Lyrics to Poor Scouser Tommy:
Let me tell you the story of a poor boy
Who was sent far away from his home
To fight for his king and his country
And also the old folks back home
Now they put him in a Highland division
Sent him off to a far foreign land
Where the flies flew around in their thousands
And there’s nothing to see but the sand
Well the battle started next morning
Under the Arabian sun
I remember that poor Scouser Tommy
Who was shot by an old nazi gun
As he lay on the battle field dying (dying dying)
With blood gushing out of his head
As he lay on the battle field dying (dying dying)
These were the last words he said…
Ohhhhhh… I am a Liverpudlian
I come from the Spion Kop
I love to sing, I love to shout
I go there quite a lot* (Every Week)
We support the team thats dressed in Red
A team that you all know
A team that we call Liverpool
And to glory we will go
We’ve won the League, we’ve won the Cup
And we’ve been to Europe too
We played the toffees for a laugh
And we left them feeling blue – Five Nil!
One two
One two three
One two three four
Five nil!
Rush scored one
Rush scored two
Rush scored three
And Rush scored four
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
All You Need Is Rush, de de de de de
All You Need Is Rush, de de de de de
All You Need Is Rush, Rush,
Rush Is All You Need.
