{"id":618,"date":"2016-09-28T15:12:51","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T15:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/?page_id=618"},"modified":"2019-09-24T15:20:46","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T15:20:46","slug":"the-ballad-of-the-lambton-worm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/the-ballad-of-the-lambton-worm\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballad of the Lambton Worm"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lambton Worm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Words by C.M. Leumane (1867)<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

One Sunday morn young Lambton went<\/p>\n

A-fishing’ in the Wear;<\/p>\n

An’ catched a fish upon he’s heuk,<\/p>\n

He thowt leuk’t varry queer.<\/p>\n

But whatt’n a kind of fish it was<\/p>\n

Young Lambton cuddent tell.<\/p>\n

He waddn’t fash te carry’d hyem,<\/p>\n

So he hoyed it doon a well.<\/p>\n

chorus: <\/em><\/p>\n

Whisht! Lads, haad yor gobs,<\/em><\/p>\n

An Aa’ll tell ye’s aall an aaful story<\/em><\/p>\n

Whisht! Lads, haad yor gobs,<\/em><\/p>\n

An’ Aa’ll tell ye\u00a0 ‘boot the worm.<\/em><\/p>\n

Noo Lambton felt inclined te gan<\/p>\n

An’ fight i’ foreign wars.<\/p>\n

He joined a troop o’ Knights that cared<\/p>\n

For nowther woonds nor scars,<\/p>\n

An’ off he went te Palestine<\/p>\n

Where queer things him befel,<\/p>\n

An’ varry seun forgat abootT<\/p>\n

he queer worm i’ the well.<\/p>\n

(chorus)<\/em><\/p>\n

But the worm got fat an’ growed and’ growed<\/p>\n

An’ growed an aaful size;<\/p>\n

He’d greet big teeth, a greet big gob,<\/p>\n

An’ greet big goggle eyes.<\/p>\n

An’ when at neets he craaled abootT<\/p>\n

e pick up bits o’ news,If he felt dry upon the road,<\/p>\n

He milked a dozen coos.<\/p>\n

(chorus)<\/em><\/p>\n

This feorful worm wad often feed<\/p>\n

On caalves an’ lambs an’ sheep,<\/p>\n

An’ swally little barins alive<\/p>\n

When they laid doon te sleep.<\/p>\n

An’ when he’d eaten aall he cud<\/p>\n

An’ he had had he’s fill,<\/p>\n

He craaled away an’ lapped he’s tail<\/p>\n

Seven times roond Pensher Hill.<\/p>\n

(chorus)<\/em><\/p>\n

The news of this myest aaful worm<\/p>\n

An’ his queer gannins on<\/p>\n

Seun crossed the seas, gat te the ears<\/p>\n

Ov brave and’ bowld Sor John.<\/p>\n

So hyem he cam an’ catched the beast<\/p>\n

An’ cut ‘im in twe haalves,<\/p>\n

An’ that seun stopped he’s eatin’ bairns,<\/p>\n

An’ sheep an’ lambs and caalves.<\/p>\n

(chorus)<\/em><\/p>\n

So noo ye knaa hoo aall the foaks<\/p>\n

On byeth sides ov the Wear<\/p>\n

Lost lots o’ sheep an’ lots o’ sleep<\/p>\n

An’ leeved i’ mortal feor.<\/p>\n

So let’s hev one te brave<\/p>\n

Sor John That kept the bairns frae harm,<\/p>\n

Saved coos an’ caalves by myekin’ haalves<\/p>\n

O’ the famis Lambton Worm.<\/p>\n

(Final chorus)<\/em><\/p>\n

Noo lads, Aa’ll haad me gob,<\/p>\n

That’s aall Aa knaa aboot the story<\/p>\n

Ov Sor John’s clivvor job<\/p>\n

Wi’ the aaful Lambton Worm.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Lambton Worm Words by C.M. Leumane (1867)   One Sunday morn young Lambton went A-fishing’ in the Wear; An’ catched a fish upon he’s heuk, He thowt leuk’t varry queer. But whatt’n a kind of fish it was Young Lambton cuddent tell. He waddn’t fash te carry’d hyem, So he hoyed it doon a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-618","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1249,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/618\/revisions\/1249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}