hi, i was looking on another site for this song as my grandad used to sing it for me as we bombed about in his knackered old cars. The other site had no chords so i found yours and its top. This is way more in depth. thanks a lot for the chords and links to midi files, great site.

check it out..http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/folk-song-lyrics/Lambton_Worm.htm

It states that the song was originaly code for the tax that the lord of lambton placed on his estate. the tax became cripling and the his lands suffered under a spiralling tax. On returning to the estate he halved the tax and the locals began building a monument for their lord and lands, on discovering this he raised the tax and the building was not completed. Its a great sight the monument and hill. ive been up there a few times. i like the bit about it being 50% bigger than the parthanon, seems like durham builders i know ("hew lads! ya knaa what laads? a reckon we'll make it bit bigger than theres shall wha? wah aye!!", then getting sick half way through and leavin the roof off...) worth a visit but dont go anywhere near night time. its beautiful but its bit rough round those parts..