Widcombe You're a Jewel!

Here's the winning song from a community song project I worked on last year in Bath. Lyrics below.

Written and performed by Paddy Doyle
Violin - Ali Nourse
Production and band - Joe Bennett

Widcombe you're a jewel! Widcombe you're a dear
Widcombe you're my heart's delight at any time of year

From high above on Widcombe Hill Macaulay gazes down
At the woods and wolds of Widcombe and the spires of Sulis town
From Rainbow Wood to Beechen Cliff he has a view so fine
It lifts the heart and who could part from Widcombe in her prime




Chorus
The wat'ring holes of Widcombe are known from far and near
For there's no place quite like Widcombe Mall to have yourself some cheer
In the Ram or in the Royal Oak or the good old Ring o' Bells
In the White Hart Inn it's not a sin to mingle with the swells
Chorus
The Lansdown lass is lovely, and the Greenway girl is grand
But the winsome wench of Widcombe is known throughout the land
For gentlemen who come to Bath to take the healing waters
It's a privilege to cross the bridge for Widcombe's darling daughters.
Chorus
Oh the common folk of Widcombe can mingle with the best
In the street good Lady Margaret distributes her largesse
She switches on the Christmas lights to give us all good cheer
And on New Year's Day the Mummers play to welcome in the year.
Chorus
Old Rossiter's a churlish chap who only goes one way
Which leaves for us in Widcombe Mall a cruel price to pay
But Widcombe folk are sturdy stock, we won't admit defeat
We'll never rest till traffic's pest is driven from our street.
Chorus

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[MrHammer80]

love this bud.