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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