The Lambton Worm (C.M. Leumane, 1867) arranged and performed by Geordie Wilson

Описание: Geordie Wilson performs a traditional song from North East England. Here's the lyrics:

The Lambton Worm


Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs,
Aa'll tell yiz aall and aaful story,
Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs,
Aal tell ye 'boot the worm.

One Sunday morn young Lambton
Went a-fishin' in the Wear;
He catched a fish upon his huek,
He thowt it aafuly queer,
But wharra kind a fish it was
Young Lambton couldn't tell.
He waddn't fash to carry it hyem,
So he hoyed it doon the well.

Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs...

Noo Lambton he's inclined te gan
An' fight in foreign wars
He joins a troop of Knights that cares
For neither wounds nor scars nor scars
So off he goes to Palestine
Where queer things him befell,
An he varry seun forget all aboot
That funny worm doon the well

Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs...

Whei, the worm he grewed an' grewed an' grewed
He grew tiv an aaful size;
With a geet big heed, a geet big gob,
An' geet big goggley eyes.
An' when at neet he craaled aboot
To pick up bits o'news,
If he felt dry upon the road,
He milked a dozen coos

Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs...

Noo the worm he'd often gan an' feed
On calves an' lambs an' sheep,
He'd swally little bairns alive
As they lay doon to sleep.
An' when he'd eaten aal he cud
An' he had has he's fill,
Away he went an' lapped his tail
Ten times roond Pensher Hill

Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs...

Whei, the news of this most aaful worm
An' his queer gannins on
Seun crossed the seas, an' got t' the lugs
Of bold and brave Sir John.
So back he comes from Palestine
And cuts 'it in three halves,
An' that puts paid to eatin' all them
bairns and sheeps and calves

Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs...

Why 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
He kept the bairns from harm
Saved coos an' calves by myekin' haalves
O' the famis Lambton Worm

Wisht! lads, Aa'll haad me gob,
I've telt yiz aal an aaful story
Of Sir John's clivvor job
An' the aaful Lambton Worm!