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King of the Kop

joe reid

Tuesday, October 21st, 2003

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 It’s true, so it seems, he was nobody’s fool,
And he rattled opponents’ nerves
“There’s only two teams in Liverpool;
Liverpool and Liverpool Reserves”.
He talked frankly
He aimed for the top
Bill Shankly
King of the Kop

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 His cryptic quips made you hold your breath
Whenever he stopped for a chat.
“Football’s not a matter of life and death.
It’s far more important than that”.
He talked frankly
He aimed for the top
Bill Shankly
King of the Kop

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 “Of all your hopes you’d be bereft
If Jesus returned today”.
“ I’d move St John to inside left
And give him room to play”.
He talked frankly
He aimed for the top
Bill Shankly
King of the Kop

Notes

With deference to Sharon

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/king-of-the-kop/