Oh we hate Bill Shankly, and we hate St John But most of all, we hate Big Ron And we'll hang the kopites one by one On the banks of the Royal Blue Mersey So to hell with Liverpool and Rangers too We'll drown them all in the Mersey And we'll fight, fight, fight with all our might For the lads in the Royal Blue Jerseys. A famous everton chant note the reference to Rangers/Liverpool At the time of this the Everton side of Liverpool was populated by a lot of Irish catholics and the Liverpool were seen as the protestant club. As with many port cities there was various social/economical and political changes and both clubs have adapted