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Rollo50 Lyr Req: The Village Pump (25) Lyr Req: The Village Pump 04 Dec 07


Does anybody remember a sing called the Village Pump? I heard a Londoner called Roddy Beare sing it, probably 20/25 years ago, but I don't know the origin. I'm still in touch with Roddy, but even he can't remember it in full.
It may be a Yorkshire song and begins something like:

There's a tiny little village far away...far away
Where they grow new potatoes corn and hay....corn and hay
There's a tricky little rill and it drives a water mill
And the mill it keeps a turning all the day...all the day
There is lots of little houses in a lump...in a lump
And a pub that's call The Magpie and The Stump... and a stump
But the thing that takes the day in a proper sort of way
Is the pride of all our place The Village Pump...The Village Pump

Chorus
The Village Pump, The Village Pump, The Village Pump, The Village Pump
The Village P-U-M-P Pump Da da da da
The Village Pump, The Village Pump, The Village Pump, The Village Pump
The Village P-U-M-P Pump you buggers pump etc
etc
I can't remember the other verses and don't know if that one is correct.


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