One sunday morn young lambton went
A-fishing in the wear
An' catched a fish upon he's heuk
He thowt leuk't varry queer
But whatt'n a kind of fish it was
Young lambton cuddent tell
He waddn't fash te carry'd hyem
So he hoyed it doon a well
Whisht lads haad yor gobs
An aa'll tell ye's aall an aaful story
Whisht lads haad yor gobs
An' aa'll tell ye 'boot the worm
Noo lambton felt inclined te gan
An' fight i' foreign wars
He joined a troop o' knights that cared
For nowther woonds nor scars
An' off he went te palestine
Where queer things him befel
An' varry seun forgat aboot
The queer worm i' the well
Whisht lads haad yor gobs
An aa'll tell ye's aall an aaful story
Whisht lads haad yor gobs
An' aa'll tell ye 'boot the worm
But the worm got fat an' growed and' growed
An' growed an aaful size
He'd greet big teeth a greet big gob
An' greet big goggle eyes
An' when at neets he craaled aboot
Te pick up bits o' news
If he felt dry upon the road
He milked a dozen coos
Whisht lads haad yor gobs
An aa'll tell ye's aall an aaful story
Whisht lads haad yor gobs
An' aa'll tell ye 'boot the worm
This feorful worm wad often feed
On caalves an' lambs an' sheep
An' swally little barins alive
When they laid doon te sleep
An' when he'd eaten aall he cud
An' he had had he's fill
He craaled away an' lapped he's tail
Seven times roond pensher hill
Whisht lads haad yor gobs
An aa'll tell ye's aall an aaful story
Whisht lads haad yor gobs
An' aa'll tell ye 'boot the worm
The news of this myest aaful worm
An' his queer gannins on
Seun crossed the seas gat te the ears
Ov brave and' bowld sor john
So hyem he cam an' catched the beast
An' cut 'i'm in twe haalves
An' that seun stopped he's eatin' bairns
An' sheep an' lambs and caalves
Whisht lads haad yor gobs
An aa'll tell ye's aall an aaful story
Whisht lads haad yor gobs
An' aa'll tell ye 'boot the worm
So noo ye knaa hoo aall the foaks
On byeth sides ov the wear
Lost lots o' sheep an' lots o' sleep
An' leeved i' mortal feor
So let's hev one te brave sor john
That kept the bairns frae harm
Saved coos an' caalves by myekin' haalves
O' the famis lambton worm
Noo lads aa'll haad me gob
That's aall aa knaa aboot the story
Ov sor john's clivvor job
Wi' the aaful lambton worm
