THE LAMBTON WORM This is a legend of Lord Lambton who was cursed never to die in bed as Lambton had wronged a witch when she rid the area of a 'worm' ( O.English for dragon) The sad truth is the curse came true and no owner of the title has died a'bed always tragically or in war this is writen for a Geordie to sing so written as heard.

chorus and 1st verse Whist lads an' h'ld yer gobs I'l tell ye aw an awful storie whist lads an' h'ld yer gobs I'll tell ye o' the Warm 2 Young Lambton was a very fond o' fishin' in the weir n' thar it was he c'at a fiush he thoiught looked mighty quaire but just wha' kind o' fish it was young Lambton couldnae tell sae not inclined to tak it hame he hau'ed it doon the well chorus 3 young lambton was inclined to gan an' fight in forine wars, with men they ca''ed Crusaders who cared no' fer cuts or scars and many years in Palestine and strange things him befell he very soon forgot aboot that quaire thjing doonn the well chorus 4 noo this Warm he grew and grew until it wos a' awful size wi' geet big teeth a' geet big mooth a' geet big goggle eyes it ate all sheep an' coos an' such that lived on dale or fell an folk got terrified aboot that creature fro' the well

memory fading on the rest but this is a great folk song others should fill in gaps.