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02 Jan 98 - 09:53 PM (#18613) Subject: Lair of the White Worm From: Jon Okay, Here's a wierd request. I'm sitting here tonight watching "Lair of the White Worm" on the sci-fi channel. What a great film. Anyways, they have a little party at which a band plays and sings a song about the death of the White Worm. Now, this being a Ken Russel film, I assume that it is not a real song, but it's a fun irish tune (with a great arrangement) none the less. Has anyone taken the time to hack it out? Does anyone know what I am talking about? Does anyone know the band that performed (they sounded real familiar). Thanks for reading my ranting, Jon |
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02 Jan 98 - 11:07 PM (#18615) Subject: RE: Lair of the White Worm From: dulcimer Stepped out of the room just as the part of the credits that usually gives the music. I was more impressed with the bagpipe tune. |
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03 Jan 98 - 03:09 AM (#18619) Subject: Lyr Add: THE LAMBTON WORM^^^ From: Bo My question about this flick arrises from the Lampton Worm song. I was exstatic to find it by request here a year ago so here it is again for illustration. The Lambton Worm traditional Tyneside song about a legend associated with Sir John Lambton of Chester Le Stree County Durham .
One Sunday morn young Lambton went, A-fishing' in the Wear;
cho: hisht! Lads, haad yor gobs,
Noo Lambton felt inclined te gan, An' fight i' foreign wars.
This feorful worm wad often feed, On caalves an' lambs an' sheep,
The news of this myest aaful worm, An' his queer gannins on
So noo ye knaa hoo aall the foaks, On byeth sides ov the Wear
Final Chorus Noo lads, Aa'll haad me gob,
Now isnt the lord they mention in White Wurm Sir John???? Bo |
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03 Jan 98 - 11:15 AM (#18628) Subject: RE: Lair of the White Worm From: Jon in MKE Just as it went to credits, those *%$(*&%#*$ shrunk down the movie screen and filled 2/3s of the screen with a promo for some series they are running. I couldn't read diddly, those bastards. 8^) Bo, do you know if the tune it was set to was a traditional tune, or did they write it for that song. Is the song old, or was it written for the movie? Thanks for the words!!! Hangin out on the forecastle, Jon |
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03 Jan 98 - 11:24 AM (#18629) Subject: RE: Lair of the White Worm From: Jon After reading the words now (which I should have done before writing last time) I am curious (George), what is the backround for this song (who wrote it, and mostly when was it written). My simpletons guess is that it was not created for the film, but weho knows with Russel. Jon again |
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03 Jan 98 - 11:56 AM (#18633) Subject: RE: Lair of the White Worm From: Susan of DT The Lambton Worm is in the DT with a note about its political connection. |
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03 Jan 98 - 12:13 PM (#18635) Subject: RE: Lair of the White Worm From: Bruce O. The political connection appears to be unfounded. "The Worme of Lambton" is given as a tale, not a song, in Sir Cuthbert Sharpe's 'The Bishoprick Garland', 1834 (reprinted 1969). Four verses are given there of a fragment of an old ballad, which may have been connected to the story. Another Northumberland worm (serpent)is "The Laidley Worm of Spindelston Heughs", which Child gave as an appendix to #34, "Kemp Owyne". |
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03 Jan 98 - 12:22 PM (#18637) Subject: RE: Lair of the White Worm From: Jon Does anyone have (or has anyone seen) a MIDI file of this tune? Still thawing from my NY swim, Jon |
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03 Jan 98 - 04:45 PM (#18652) Subject: RE: Lair of the White Worm From: Susan of DT Child ballads #31-36 have "worms" or other monsters - often enchanted women. #31 |
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27 Nov 02 - 05:40 PM (#836004) Subject: RE: Lair of the White Worm From: Cluin From a website on the movie (http://www.geocities.com/lairof/): (note no chorus, replaced with electrified mandolin/guitar leads) (note also the change to D'Ampton from Lambton... avoiding law suit?) From the annual party at D'Ampton Hall, performed by Emilio Perez Machado and Stephen Powys, 1988 ^^ THE D'AMPTON WORM LYRICS John D'Ampton went a-fishing once, a-fishing in the weir, He caught a fish upon his hook he thought looked mighty queer, Now what the kind of fish it was John D'Ampton couldn't tell, But he didn't like the look of it, so he threw it down a well. Now the worm got fat and growed, and growed an awful size, With great big teeth and a great big mouth and great big goggle eyes, And when at night it crawled about all looking for some booze, It fit fell dry upon the road, it milked a dozen cows. This fearful worm would often feed on cows and lamb and sheep, And swallow little babes alive when they lay down to sleep, So John set out and got the beast and cut it into halves, And that soon stopped it eating babes and sheep and lambs and calves. So now you know how all the folks on both sides of the weir, Lost lots of sheep and lots of sleep and lived in mortal fear, So drink the health of brave Sir John, who kept the babes from harm, Saved cows and calves by making halves of that famous D'Ampton Worm! |
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24 Jan 06 - 07:32 PM (#1655081) Subject: RE: Lair of the White Worm From: GUEST,Emilio Machado I wrote the tune to capture an ambivalently 'celtic'flavour. |
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25 Jan 06 - 04:21 AM (#1655268) Subject: RE: Lair of the White Worm From: Dave'sWife Emilio - please join us as a member and talk some more. We'd love to have you. (I'm assuming he isn't a current member. I, being a relative NOOB, could be quite wrong) |
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24 Jul 07 - 05:03 PM (#2110383) Subject: RE: Lair of the White Worm From: Cluin By the way, this was an exceedingly shite movie. The only good things about it were the song and Amanda Donohoe's tits. |
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24 Jul 07 - 08:03 PM (#2110509) Subject: RE: Lair of the White Worm From: Big Al Whittle Hugh Grant as a RAF man, that's all I remember and the Lambton Worm. i used to room with a Geordie bloke who unfortunately knew all the verses and used to sing it continually when very drunk, which was most nights. |
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24 Jul 07 - 09:50 PM (#2110573) Subject: RE: Lair of the White Worm From: Gulliver I thought this was a great, by times erotic, movie. There is so much going on, and lots of historical sidelines to think about (besides Amanda Donohue's fantastic body--she really puts on a great act). Hmmmm... Gimme more! Don |
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25 Nov 07 - 04:19 AM (#2201701) Subject: RE: Lair of the White Worm From: GUEST,Pigs So I'm not the only person who had a late night fascination with this song. The wonders of the internet. Are there any recordings of the tune put there? |
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25 Nov 07 - 04:48 AM (#2201709) Subject: RE: Lair of the White Worm From: The Walrus Is it worth the effort of pointing out that "Worm" is a traditional name for a dragon (I believe it's Norse in origin). W |
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25 Nov 07 - 06:11 AM (#2201727) Subject: RE: Lair of the White Worm From: Liz the Squeak Hugh Grant?? It's been a while since I saw it, but surely you mean Peter Capaldi? They're not dissimilar in appearance. I could have done without AD's tits... mine are much more colourful and acrobatic. They seem to be hiding for the winter now though. I suppose I could coax them out by filling the feeder with sunflower seeds again. Walrus is right - any dragon or serpent could be called a worm (often spelt wyrm) and it is Germanic in origin ((Old English: wyrm, Old High German: wurm, Old Norse: ormr). Wyrms are usually wingless dragons or the giant serpents associated with wells. Wyverns are winged dragons with two legs and dragons are winged with four or more legs. LTS |
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25 Nov 07 - 02:46 PM (#2201903) Subject: RE: Lair of the White Worm From: ranger1 Nope, Liz, definitely Hugh Grant. |
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25 Nov 07 - 04:13 PM (#2201955) Subject: RE: Lair of the White Worm From: Liz the Squeak Ah yes... without the clouding influence of large quantities of rum, it comes flooding back (and I found the video this afternoon!) LTS |
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25 Nov 07 - 06:08 PM (#2202028) Subject: RE: Lair of the White Worm From: Big Al Whittle I'm so glad.... |
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25 Nov 07 - 09:23 PM (#2202122) Subject: RE: Lair of the White Worm From: TheSnail Both Hugh Grant and Peter Capaldi were in it. The last posting to this thread probably has more information than you need about th eorigins of the song. |
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26 Nov 07 - 03:11 AM (#2202235) Subject: RE: Lair of the White Worm From: mandotim Just out of interest; it was set just round the corner from me on the Staffordshire/Derbyshire border. The opening tracking shot where the camera pulls back from the mouth of a cave high on a hillside is Thor's Cave, a well known local landmark in the Manifold Valley. Not a lot of people know that... Tim |
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26 Nov 07 - 07:52 AM (#2202339) Subject: RE: Lair of the White Worm From: Dave Hanson The modern song which was based on the old legend was written by CM Leumaine, circa 1867 Bram Stoker based his Novel ' Lair Of The White Worm ' on it also. eric |
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04 Oct 12 - 03:03 AM (#3414078) Subject: RE: Lair of the White Worm From: GUEST,Shannon RG So, no one still knows who the band was or who did the ending credits song? So very familiar, but I couldn't find anything. It was nice reading the thread from 15 yrs ago. MIDIs, 'blue clicky', ha! |
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04 Oct 12 - 04:48 AM (#3414105) Subject: RE: Lair of the White Worm From: GUEST Guest,Shannon R G From Cluin's note 27/11/02: From the annual party at D'Ampton Hall, performed by Emilio Perez Machado and Stephen Powys, 1988 So that seems to give the performers. A quick Google on those names suggests Louise Newman as violinist. Cheers Nigel |
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13 Apr 24 - 06:34 PM (#4200883) Subject: RE: Lair of the White Worm From: GUEST,Louise Newman The song ‘D’Ampton Worm’, in the film Lair of the White Worm, used the traditional lyrics to the folk song, the Lambton Worm, but the music was written by Stephan Powys and Emilio Perez Machado, with whom I recorded the track and the three of us appeared in the party scene at the beginning of the film. We were never a band, but Emilio and Stephan did have a musical association. |
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14 Apr 24 - 03:54 AM (#4200889) Subject: RE: Lair of the White Worm From: Dave the Gnome I had it stuck in my head that the book was by Wilkie Collins - Thanks for putting me right Dave :-) Must watch the film now! |