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One Sunday morn young Lambton
Went a-fishin' in the Wear;
An'
catched a fish upon his huek,
He thowt leuk't varry queer,
But whatt'n a kind a fish it was
Young Lambton couldn't
tell.
He couldn't be boshed for to carry it hyem,
So he hoyed it in a well.
Chorus:
Whisht! lads, haad yor
gobs,
Aa'll tell yer aall and aaful story,
Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs,
An' Aal tell yer 'bout the woorm.
Noo
Lambton felt inclined to gan
For ta fight in foreign wars.
So he joined a troop o' Knights that cared
For neither
wounds nor scars,
An' off he went to Palestine
Where queer things him befel,
An' varry seun forgot aboot
The funny
worm i' the well.
(Chorus)
But the woorm it growed an' growed an' growed,
An' growed an aaful size;
He'd
geet big heed, a geet big gob,
An' geet big goggley eyes.
An' when at neets he craaled aboot
For ta' pick up bits
o'news,
If he felt thoorsty upon the road,
He milked a dozen coos.
(Chorus)
This feorful woorm 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 aal he cud
An' he had has he's fill,
Away he went an' lapped his tail
Ten times roond Pensher Hill.
(Chorus)
The
news of this geet funny woorm
An' his queer gannins on
Seun crossed the seas, and reached the lugs
Of brave an' bowld
Sir John.
So hyem he cam an' catched the beast
An' cut 'im in three halves,
An' stopped it eatin' aall 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' haalves
O' the famis Lambton Woorm
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 Woorm!
Geordie Songs
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