The Lampton Worm Song

[VladtheEmailer]

Hmmmm.....so obviously what inspired the D'Ampton worm song from the movie Lair of the White Worm! 

[riverman1949]

This great song is part of County Durham's heritage. Until1974, no thanks to Edward Heath, Sunderland was part of County Durham. So the song is ours, as Wearsiders. So stop arguing. It'll only make the Mags laugh! I had an uncle born in Southwick (Suddick) died in the DLI 1918.

[sturdle]

@georeff23 I worked with a Geordie policeman in the garage at WY Police in 1963 onwards and he used to sing this...happy days.........thanks for that.....

[Kazzi3C]

=[ miss my childhood so much. sung this in year 4, my teacher would fetch her guitar in and play songs such as greensleeves and scarborough fair. i'm now 18 and i still love this song =]

[scorchx3000]

@44tyke

The diference between the Tybe and Wear? Rougly 7 miles.

[killyouback]

anyone happen to know offhand how long the worm would be? I've been trying to find some kind of measurement of the hill, but i can't...

[Spraycando]

@killyouback Theres this thing called a tape measure. Been around for a good few years, but its pretty reliable. So I've heard... Up The Makums!!!

[killyouback]

@Spraycando yeah, i live in the US, it'd be a bit of a drain on my extremely limited income to fly out to this hill for the sole purpose of measuring it.

[Traitorfish]

Heh, reminds me of singing this at school in Sunderland. Certainly a lot more fun than singing hymns! :p

[mcrain2000]

the lambton worm was not cut in half.the knight wrapped himself in spikes,and the lambton worm coiled around the knight and was killed by the spikes.

[iamtheonlyhobo]

This is a wearside song, but is sung in most of north east e.g tyneside

[winters07war]

Brings back memories man! Miss home :(

[LLanidloesywddar]

ah hu gives a feck where it comes from?

It's North East England :D

[michaeljulia123]

A part of the skin of the Lambton worm is still at Lambton castle. (i know, I`ve seen it - I run a PC Repair business and was called out to repair Ned Lambtons computer and spoke to him about it) It was very old. The family are still scared about the curse (ten generations of Lambtons would not die in their beds) - PS. The worm rapped itself around WORM HILL in Fatfield, NOT Penshaw hill. (the words were changed) and the original well is still there beside the Riverside Pub.

[vonghoul]

Wow i didnt know this song had such a deep history in real life. Thought it was created for Lair. Very cool.

[scorchx3000]

bloody hell, the lambton worm clock in the gallaries, i remember watching that all the time when i was a kid. They should repair that thing, and put it up again.

[KMB12345]

I think the clue is in the opening lyrics "one sunday morning lambton went fishing in the wear"

[KMB12345]

Its a wearside song, not tyneside. Simple as

[Mousy4Darlo]

im a lambton great song

[philllm]

im a very drunk geordie,and its a durham song,but what a song.its a north east song,and whan i hear it sung it makes me heart sing along.thanks for the music marra

[admiralal]

It is not a mackem, or sunderland song. It's a durham song, chester le street area. It was a song long before cm leumane nicked it

[moggygp]

It's a Sunderland song...I was born in Sunderland when it was still in Durham. Penshaw Hill is in actrually in Washington. Before you come with shite I grew up in Sulgrave and Blackfell.

[admiralal]

You started by saying it is a sunderland song and then say it is a washington song. Make your mind up. If it is Worm Hill Fatfield where the worm is supposed to have wrapped itself around then that would suggest the worm was caught in the wear in Lambton park, next to chester-le-street. Do remember that the age of this story pre-dates sunderland. And try not to swear. There's a good chap.

[scorchx3000]

technically, it's a song from Durham, the city Durham ruled all south of the tyne until the Tyne and Wear county was formed.

[imploded1]

@admiralal

Washington is a part of the City of Sunderland, it's not hard now is it?

[nuafc]

@imploded1 Washington, has only been part of Sunderland since 1974 Local Government re-organisation which also created the county of Tyne & Wear. Prior to that, Washington was part of County Durham.

[imploded1]

@admiralal

Washington is a part of the City of Sunderland, it's not hard now is it?

And predates Sunderland, that's impressive as Sunderland has been used since 2000 BC as a place of human occupance.

[alisonsdragonfly]

@imploded1 fucking gay

[alisonsdragonfly]

@admiralal shut your big fat hole you fucking faggot

[bassoprimo]

The name is the **LAMBTON** Worm! No "P"

[shadowmario744]

worm is a creator in the ground Wyrm is a baby dragon that live in the ocean mountain or land

[karldonald]

they dont sell tudor anymore

[bunnycharl]

Arr narr!

[poopa911]

it didnt start with "whist lads had ya gobs" my son luvs tht part it was my childhood story its gunna be his 2

[Daviesteele21061981]

great effort, really enjoyed it. reminded me of my school days!!!!

[ChiaToma]

hehe they got the last verse wrong as well I think but still a cool one

[lookseeitsme]

Very good but needs subtitles!

[2205923358]

Haha, not a mackem are you?

[FinalFreek]

not bad but some of the pernaconiceation is wrong and it's not three halfs it's twa halfs.