A Liverbird Upon My Chest – Old Classic Liverpool Song Brought Back To Life | OneFootball

When it comes to songs sung by the Kop, there are some that everyone in the ground knows all of the words to, some that nobody has heard for decades and some where the chorus is well known, even if the rest of the song isn’t. A Liverbird Upon My Chest definitely fits into the latter category, with the singing of the main hook becoming popular when the Reds were on the way to their 20th league title in the 2024-2025 season.

What is considered to be an old Kop classic was given a dusting off for the title run in and has remained part of the songbook ever since.

A Marathon of a Song

What a lot of people might not realise, whilst they’re busy belting out the chorus and enjoying the atmosphere that it creates, is that A Liverbird Upon My Chest is actually something of a folk song. That is to say, supporters have added more and more verses to it as the years have gone by and the club has added more and more trophies to the Anfield cabinet.

Here are the ‘official’ words, if you can call them that. See if you recognise the bit that is sung the loudest at Anfield:

Here’s a song about a football team

The greatest team you’ve ever seen

A team that plays Total Football

They’ve won the league, Europe and all.

A Liverbird upon my chest

(Upon my chest!)

We are the men, of Shankly’s best

(Of Shankly’s best!)

A team that plays the Liverpool way

And wins the Championship in May

With Kenny Dalglish on the ball

He was the greatest of them all

And Ian Rush, four goals or two

Left Evertonians feeling blue

A Liverbird upon my chest

(Upon my chest!)

We are the men, of Shankly’s best

(Of Shankly’s best!)

A team that plays the Liverpool way

And wins the Championship in May

Now if you go down Goodison Way

Hard luck stories you hear each day

There’s not a trophy to be seen

‘Cos Liverpool have swept them clean

(With Mr Sheen!)

A Liverbird upon my chest

(Upon my chest!)

We are the men, of Shankly’s best

(Of Shankly’s best!)

A team that plays the Liverpool way

And wins the Championship in May

Now on the glorious 10th of May

There’s laughing reds on Wembley Way

We’re full of smiles and joy and glee

It’s Everton 1 and Liverpool 3

(Easy!)A Liverbird upon my chest

(Upon my chest!)

We are the men, of Shankly’s best

(Of Shankly’s best!)

A team that plays the Liverpool way

And wins the Championship in May

Now on the 20th of May

We’re laughing still on Wembley Way

Those Evertonians feeling blue

At Liverpool 3 and Everton 2

A Liverbird upon my chest

(Upon my chest!)

We are the men, of Shankly’s best

(Of Shankly’s best!)

A team that plays the Liverpool way

And wins the Championship in May

And as we sang round Goodison Park

With crying blues all in a nark

They’re probably crying still

At Liverpool 5 and Everton 0

A Liverbird upon my chest

 (Upon my chest!)

We are the men, of Shankly’s best

(Of Shankly’s best!)

A team that plays the Liverpool way

And wins the Championship in May

We remember them with pride

Those mighty Reds of Shankly’s side

And Kenny’s boys of ’88

There’s never been a side so great

A Liverbird upon my chest

(Upon my chest!)

We are the men, of Shankly’s best

(Of Shankly’s best!)

A team that plays the Liverpool way

And wins the Championship in May

Now back in 1965

When great Bill Shankly was alive

We’re playing Leeds, the score’s 1-1

When it fell to the head of Ian St John

A Liverbird upon my chest

(Upon my chest!)

We are the men, of Shankly’s best

(Of Shankly’s best!)

A team that plays the Liverpool way

And wins the Championship in May

On April 15th ’89

What should have been a joyous time

97 friends we all shall miss

And all the Kopites want justice

(JUSTICE!)

A Liverbird upon my chest

(JUSTICE!)

We are the men, of Shankly’s best

(JUSTICE!)

A team that plays the Liverpool way

(JUSTICE!)

And wins the Championship in May

(JUSTICE!)

The angels came one sunny day

They came to take our Bob away

The greatest sight for you to see

Three European cups for Bob Paisley

(PAISLEY!)

A Liverbird upon my chest

(PAISLEY!)

We are the men, of Shankly’s best

(PAISLEY!)

A team that plays the Liverpool way

(PAISLEY!)

And wins the Championship in May

(PAISLEY!)

We went to Rome in ’84

We won the treble like never before

Barney Rubble was the man

Who won the cup for Joe Fagan

(Fagan!)

A Liverbird upon my chest

(Upon my chest)

We are the men, of Shankly’s best

A team that plays the Liverpool way

And wins the Championship in May