Chords:
{t:Lambton Worm, The}
{artist:Tony Wilson }
{key: C}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsO7SeCvgMw
{c: Thanks to Ged Moore}
One [C] Sunday [G] morning [C] Lambton [G] went a-[C]fishin' [G] in the [C] Wear;
An' [F] catched a fish [C] upon his huek he [G] thowt leuk't varry [G7] queer,
But [C] whatt'n a [G] kind a [C] fish it [G] was young [C] Lambton couldn't [F] tell.
He [C] waddn't fash to [F] carry it [C] hyem, so [G] he hoyed it doon a [C] well.
[C] Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs, Aa'll [F] tell ye aall and aaful [G7] story,
[C] Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs, An' Aal [F] tell ye [G7] 'bout the [C] worm.
Noo [C] Lambton [G] felt in-[C]clined to [G] gan an' [C] fight in [G] foreign [C] wars.
He [F] joined a troop o' [C] Knights that cared for [G] neither wounds nor [G7] scars,
An' [C] off he [G] went to [C] Pales-[G]stine where [C] queer things him be-[F]fel,
An' [C] varry seun [F] forgot a-[C]boot the [G] queer worm i' the [C] well.
[C] Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs, Aa'll [F] tell ye aall and aaful [G7] story,
[C] Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs, An' Aal [F] tell ye [G7] 'bout the [C] worm.
But [C] the worm [G] got fat [C] an' growed an' [G] growed,
an' [C] growed an [G] aaful [C] size;
He'd [F] greet big teeth, [C] a greet big gob an' [G] greet big goggle [G7] eyes.
An' [C] when at [G] neets he [C] craaled [G] aboot to [C] pick up bits o'-[F]news,
If [C] he felt dry [F] upon the [C] road he [G] milked a dozen [C] coos.
[C] Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs, Aa'll [F] tell ye aall and aaful [G7] story,
[C] Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs, An' Aal [F] tell ye [G7] 'bout the [C] worm.
This [C] feorful [G] worm wad [C] often [G] feed on [C] calves an' [G] lambs an' [C] sheep,
An' [F] swally little [C] bairns alive when [G] they laid doon to [G7] sleep.
An' [C] when he'd [G] eaten aal [C] he cud [G] an' he [C] had has he's [F] fill,
He [C] craaled a-[F]way an' [C] lapped his [G] tail seven times roond Pensher [C] Hill.
[C] Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs, Aa'll [F] tell ye aall and aaful [G7] story,
[C] Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs, An' Aal [F] tell ye [G7] 'bout the [C] worm.
The [C] news of [G] this most [C] aaful [G] worm an' [C] his queer [G] gannins [C] on
Seun [F] crossed the seas an’ [C] gat to the ears of [G] bowld an' brave Sir [G7] John.
So [C] hyem he [G] came an' [C] catched the [G] beast an' [C] cut 'im in three [F] halves,
An' [C] that seun [F] stopped he's [C] eatin' bairns, [G] an' sheeps an' lambs and [C] calves.
[C] Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs, Aa'll [F] tell ye aall and aaful [G7] story,
[C] Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs, An' Aal [F] tell ye [G7] 'bout the [C] worm.
So [C] noo ye [G] knaa hoo [C] aall the [G] folks on [C] byeth sides [G] of the [C] Wear
Lost [F] lots o' sheep an' [C] lots o' sleep an' [G] lived in mortal [G7] feor.
So [C] let's hev [G] one to [C] brave Sir [G] John that [C] kept the bairns frae [F] harm
Saved [C] coos an' [F] calves by [C] myekin' haalves o' the [G] famis Lambton [C] Worm
[C] Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs, Aa'll [F] tell ye aall and aaful [G7] story,
[C] Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs, An' Aal [F] tell ye [G7] 'bout the [C] worm.
[C] Noo lads, Aa'll haad me gob that's [F] aall Aa knaa aboot the [G7] story
Of [C] Sir John's clivvor job wi' [F] the aaful [G7] Lambton [C] Worm!
