Bert Hansell - How could I resist such a canny request?

Okay, for a good Durham song, how about 'The Lambton Worm'? The lyrics are already up on the list, and if any folkies on the other side of the Atlantic would like a translation before they join in, just stick your E-mail address up, and I'd be happy to do so! Mind you, we'd probably be singing it at that time of night when no language is a barrier, as we're all equally incoherent, no matter what we try to sing...

(Ironically we had a three-hour band rehearsal the other night, to start getting in tune for our 4th Of July gig in a traditional 'Olde English' pub, where we'll be doing all American material (C&W, blues, you name it, with none of our usual 'local' material in earshot - so there be a tiny 51st state - pop. about 127 - keeping it burnin' in Escomb, Co. Durham, UK on Independance Day!)