Ferry Cross The Mersey - Gerry And The Peacemakers

A Little Background

 

This song was produced by Sir George Martin who is accountable for many of the Beatles recordings as well. Like the Beatles, Gerry and the Peacemakers were a Liverpool band where The river Mersey (70 miles) is located and can still see the ferry cross the Mersey today, moving from Liverpool to around Manchester. This song hit the number top tens in the UK in 1964 (the US in 1965), and at the same time, a movie called "Ferry cross The Mersey" was created, lifting the popularity of the song and film. The lyrics are sometimes portrayed as "Ferry, 'cross the Mersey", indicating that "cross" is short for "across", but according to the album spelling and movie, the word is correctly "cross", making the statement a command or request often made by the captain of the ferry.  

 

 

I honestly cannot get enough of this.

I dig this band, possibly because I love

the Beatles, but also because this particular

 song is full of history.