{"product_id":"9781465310385","title":"Barefoot King","description":"\u003cbr\u003eI  \u003cbr\u003eN the beginning there was a Pool and the dream had just begun,  \u003cbr\u003eOf an emerging people and city  \u003cbr\u003eFrom obscurity they had come.  \u003cbr\u003eAnd the Pool it became a river as its people clung to the shore,  \u003cbr\u003eMarching together through history  \u003cbr\u003eThey obeyed God's holy law.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eNow the river it became Mersey and the people known as Scouse,  \u003cbr\u003eAnd this greatest of maritime cities  \u003cbr\u003eLooked after old England's house.  \u003cbr\u003eTested in civil upheaval to Charles they affirmed their love,  \u003cbr\u003eAnd after the terrible fray was done  \u003cbr\u003eLike Cromwell, they thanked Him above.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eWhen Hunger came to Hibernia then sailed to the Landing Stage  \u003cbr\u003eThe language of the Pool was changed  \u003cbr\u003eAs history turned the page.  \u003cbr\u003eNow clearing house for New World, refuge to ease much sorrow,  \u003cbr\u003eTogether city, migrants and river  \u003cbr\u003eRolled forward into tomorrow.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eClosing ranks as the world fell out, many perished for others to see  \u003cbr\u003eOf all the beauty living there  \u003cbr\u003eAnd a people born to be free.  \u003cbr\u003eTo be truly great is to suffer, know the very depths of hell,  \u003cbr\u003eBut to bear the weight of courage does credit to those who fell.  \u003cbr\u003eAnd it speaks well of a tribe anchored in battle mist,  \u003cbr\u003eNot only the dwellers of marble halls  \u003cbr\u003eBut barefoots and beggars where rats coexist.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eAnd when God calls a halt for the Pool and the dream to end,  \u003cbr\u003eHe'll blow the ships past the Mersey Bar  \u003cbr\u003eAnd kiss the river, the city's friend.  \u003cbr\u003eHigh upon their noble tower, who'd protected from the foe so cruel,  \u003cbr\u003eThe Liver Birds will take to wing  \u003cbr\u003eAnd call to heaven: Liverpool! Liverpool! Liverpool!  \u003cbr\u003e                                                                               \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165280289008,"sku":"9781465310385","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781465310385_p0.jpg?v=1763683079","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781465310385","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}