The Lambton Worm-Thomas Allen

[ti:The Lambton Worm] [ar:Thomas Allen] [al:Songs of Northumbria #2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Lambton Worm - Thomas Allen [00:07.23]One sunday morn young lambton went [00:09.19]A-fishing in the wear [00:10.45] [00:11.07]An' catched a fish upon he's heuk [00:12.53] [00:13.33]He thowt leuk't varry queer [00:15.09]But whatt'n a kind of fish it was [00:16.62]Young lambton cuddent tell [00:18.92]He waddn't fash te carry'd hyem [00:20.75]So he hoyed it doon a well [00:22.41] [00:23.10]Whisht lads haad yor gobs [00:24.93]An aa'll tell ye's aall an aaful story [00:26.94]Whisht lads haad yor gobs [00:28.95]An' aa'll tell ye 'boot the worm [00:31.71] [00:37.31]Noo lambton felt inclined te gan [00:39.09]An' fight i' foreign wars [00:41.04]He joined a troop o' knights that cared [00:43.22]For nowther woonds nor scars [00:44.61] [00:45.17]An' off he went te palestine [00:46.38] [00:46.89]Where queer things him befel [00:48.98]An' varry seun forgat aboot [00:50.57]The queer worm i' the well [00:52.44] [00:52.99]Whisht lads haad yor gobs [00:55.04]An aa'll tell ye's aall an aaful story [00:57.02]Whisht lads haad yor gobs [00:58.96]An' aa'll tell ye 'boot the worm [01:00.61] [01:07.20]But the worm got fat an' growed and' growed [01:09.30]An' growed an aaful size [01:11.30]He'd greet big teeth a greet big gob [01:13.24]An' greet big goggle eyes [01:15.22]An' when at neets he craaled aboot [01:17.02]Te pick up bits o' news [01:19.06]If he felt dry upon the road [01:20.73]He milked a dozen coos [01:22.38] [01:22.98]Whisht lads haad yor gobs [01:24.96]An aa'll tell ye's aall an aaful story [01:27.01]Whisht lads haad yor gobs [01:29.00]An' aa'll tell ye 'boot the worm [01:30.73] [01:37.17]This feorful worm wad often feed [01:39.23]On caalves an' lambs an' sheep [01:41.14]An' swally little barins alive [01:43.04]When they laid doon te sleep [01:45.07]An' when he'd eaten aall he cud [01:46.97]An' he had had he's fill [01:48.97]He craaled away an' lapped he's tail [01:50.93]Seven times roond pensher hill [01:52.59] [01:53.34]Whisht lads haad yor gobs [01:55.04]An aa'll tell ye's aall an aaful story [01:57.09]Whisht lads haad yor gobs [01:59.01]An' aa'll tell ye 'boot the worm [02:01.04] [02:07.50]The news of this myest aaful worm [02:09.17]An' his queer gannins on [02:11.05]Seun crossed the seas gat te the ears [02:12.99]Ov brave and' bowld sor john [02:15.08]So hyem he cam an' catched the beast [02:17.34]An' cut 'i'm in twe haalves [02:19.04]An' that seun stopped he's eatin' bairns [02:20.95]An' sheep an' lambs and caalves [02:23.16]Whisht lads haad yor gobs [02:25.11]An aa'll tell ye's aall an aaful story [02:27.06]Whisht lads haad yor gobs [02:28.91]An' aa'll tell ye 'boot the worm [02:31.28] [02:37.02]So noo ye knaa hoo aall the foaks [02:39.30]On byeth sides ov the wear [02:41.01]Lost lots o' sheep an' lots o' sleep [02:42.93]An' leeved i' mortal feor [02:45.05]So let's hev one te brave sor john [02:47.00]That kept the bairns frae harm [02:48.79]Saved coos an' caalves by myekin' haalves [02:50.98]O' the famis lambton worm [02:52.52] [02:53.04]Noo lads aa'll haad me gob [02:54.92]That's aall aa knaa aboot the story [02:57.07]Ov sor john's clivvor job [02:59.01]Wi' the aaful lambton worm