Ferry Cross the Mersey (single)

Written by Gerry Marsden, 'Ferry Cross the Mersey' was the title song of Gerry and the Pacemakers' 1964 film and an open love letter to Liverpool itself. Its wistful melody and direct evocation of the river that named the movement made it a civic anthem. The record stands as one of Merseybeat's most self-aware portraits of its home city.