Wp/nth/Lambton Worm
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Thi Lambton Worm is yen o thi myest kenspeckle creaturs frae thi foak tyels o Northumbrie. Thi worm is commemorateet byeth wi written warks an oral tradition, an hes been adapteet intiv a foak sang an pantomime an aał.
Sang[edit]
- Won Sunda morn young Lambton went
- A-fishin in thi Wear;
- An catched a fish upon his heuk
- He thowt leukt vary queer.
- But whatten a kynd ov fish it was
- Young Lambton cuddent tell-
- He waddent fash ti carry'd hyem,
- So he hoyed it doon a well
- Owerword:
- Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs,
- An A'll tell ye aal an aaful story,
- Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs,
- An' A'll tell ye 'boot thi worm.
- Noo Lambton felt inclined ti gan
- An fight i foreign wars.
- He joined a troop ov Knights that cared
- For nowther woonds nor scars,
- An off he went ti Palestine
- Wheor queor things him befel,
- An varry seun forgat aboot
- Thi queer worm i thi well.
- (Owerword)
- But thi worm got fat an grewed an grewed,
- An grewed an aaful size;
- He'd greet big teeth, a greet big gob,
- An greet big goggly eyes.
- An when at neets he craalled aboot
- Ti pick up bits o news,
- If he felt dry upon thi road,
- He'd milk a dozen coos.
- (Owerword)
- This feorful worm wad often feed
- On caalves an lambs an sheep,
- An swally little bairns alive
- When they laid doon ti sleep.
- An when he'd eaten aal he cud
- An he had had his fill,
- He craaled away an lapped his tail
- Ten times roond Pensha Hill.
- (Owerword)
- Thi news ov this myest aaful worm
- An his queer gannins on
- Seun crossed thi seas, gat ti thi ears
- Ov brave an bowld Sor John.
- So hyem he cam an catched thi beast,
- An cut 'im in twee haalves,
- An that seun stopped hes eatin bairns
- An sheep an lambs an caalves.
- (Owerword)
- So noo ye knaa hoo aal thi foaks
- On byeth sides ov thi Wear
- Lost lots o sheep an lots o sleep
- An leeved i mortal feor.
- So let's hev one ti brave Sor John
- That kept thi bairns frae harm,
- Saved coos an calves by myekin haalves
- O thi famis Lambton Worm.
- Final owerword:
- Noo lads, A’ll haad me gob,
- That's aal A knaa aboot thi story
- Ov Sir John's clivvor job
- Wi thi aaful Lambton Worm.