#FeBOOary 2012 - 15: Penshaw Monument & The Lambton Worm

The Lambton Worm - Traditional Folk song Based on the Legend

One Sunday morn young Lambton

Went a-fishin' in the Wear;

He catched a fish upon his heuk,

He thowt leuk't varry queer,
But whatt'na kind of fish it was

Young Lambton couldna tell.

He waddna fash to carry hyem,

So he hoyed it in a well.
Chorus:

Whisht! lads, haad ya gobs,
 Aa'll tell ye aall an aaful story,

Whisht! lads, haad ya gobs,
 An aa'll tell ye ‘boot the worm.
Noo Lambton felt inclined to gan

An' fight in foreign wars.

He joined a troop o' Knights

That cared for neither wounds nor scars,
An' off he went to Palestine

Where queer things befel,

An' varry seun forgot aboot

The queer worm in the well.

(Chorus)

But the worm got fat an' graad an' graad,

An' graad an aaful size;

With greet big teeth, and greet big mooth,

An' greet big goggley eyes.
An' when at neets he craaled ‘oot

To pick up bits o' news,

If he felt dry upon the road,

He milked a dozen coos.

(Chorus)

This feorful worm wad often feed

On calves an' lambs an' sheep

An' swally little bairns alive

When they laid doon to sleep.
An' when he'd eaten aall he cud

An' he had had his fill,

He craaled away an' lapped his tail

Seven times roond Pensher Hill.

(Chorus)

The news of this most aaful worm

An' his queer gannins on,

Seun crossed the seas, gat to the ears

Of brave an' bowld Sir John.
So hyem he cam an' catched the beast

An' cut ‘im in three halves,

An' that seun stopped him eatin' bairns

An' sheep an' lambs and calves.

(Chorus)

So noo ye knaa hoo aall the folks

On byeth sides of the Wear

Lost lots o' sheep an' lots o' sleep

An' lived in mortal feor.
So let's hev one to brave Sir John

That kept the bairns frae harm,

Saved coos an' calves by myekin' halves

O' the famis Lambton Worm.
(Final Chorus)

Noo lads, Aa'll haad me gob,

That's aall Aa knaa aboot the story

Of Sir John's clivvor job

Wi' the aaful Lambton Worm. #family ##FeBOOary #legend #places #Sair #SOLOSAIR #GreatGreatGreatGrandfather #Penshaw #LambtonWorm