Langdale by Kieron Douglas.
Running around, feels like I’m missing something.
Double check the bags, it’s probably nothing.
In a few hours we won’t care
At the ODG, we’ll see you there.
Chorus:
It’s good to see you all again,
It’s good to see you my good friend
In Langdale.
It’s a stunning place, just you wait and see,
A magnificent place just to be.
Scenery you just won’t believe
You’ll never, ever want to leave.
Chorus
Drop the stuff off at Middlefell.
Got to start the fire and it’s raining like hell.
Head for a drink, see who’s around.
Head towards that beautiful sound.
Chorus
Music all around in different places
From new and familiar faces.
When everyone sits and plays together
I wish it could go on forever.
Chorus
Monday comes around and it’s all done.
It’s time to hit the road into the rising sun.
Amazing times that we’ll remember.
We can do it all again in September!
Chorus
The Bumbling Song by Rob Griffiths.
If you’re living in the city and you’re feeling rather low
There’s a little place in Lakeland where you really ought to go
So pack your Alka-Seltzer, take the caravan in tow
And come and join the bumblers in Langdale
Chorus
Bumble, bumble, through the countryside
Bumble, bumble, roaming far and wide
To hell with conservation, there’s a motorway to ride
And everybody’s coming up to Langdale
In your Rovers and your Jaguars we’ve seen you all arrive
Keeping to the middle at a steady twenty five
It’s time to look around you, ‘cause it’s good to be alive
And you’re holding up the rest of us in Langdale
And in the summer holidays you’re there in single file
In your forty seven seaters round the bends at Chapel Stile
Waiting for the cameraman to tell you when to smile
As he takes you on a tour around the Langdales
We’ve seen you with your Instamatics pointed at the lambs
From the comfort of your coaches in a Sunday traffic jam
But don’t go in the fields or you’ll get eaten by the rams
And don’t forget your welly boots in Langdale!
We’ve seen you on the campsite when the rain is coming down
In a pool of muddy water, floating round and round
Cursing at the man who comes to take your half a crowns
And wishing that you’d never heard of Langdale
We’ve seen you in your thousands, tramping up the hill
In your plastic macs and gym shoes, you’re heading for a spill
So remember Mountain Rescue when you’re making out your will
We’re the ones who’ll bring your body down to Langdale
But we’re really glad to see you here when all is said and done
There’s room enough in Langdale for each and every one
And besides we need the money too, so come and join the fun
And have yourself a holiday in Langdale
Here is another verse, I don't know if it was written by Rob Griffiths and I've not a clue where to fit it in!
We've watched you leaving fag ends and coke tins on the grass
You grumble and complain about the shilling for your glass
It's the first time we've seen you and hope It'll be the last and
tell all your friends to stay away from langdale
Sweet Valley Wine. A song written by Mike Rolland about Langdale
Verse 1
Autumn leaves fall away from the trees in the valley
They are caught red and gold in the evening sun
On the breeze there is music and song and there's laughter
We welcome the night because we know just what is gonna come
Chorus
And we drink sweet valley wine tonight
Morning's gonna be another day
And the cheer that fills my soul tonight
Is here and may it never stray
Verse 2
Friends, a thousand voices singing together
A song on a flute, a song on a beaten drum
Under the moon a silhouette of the singing and the dancing
Under the moon, silver light falls on every one
Mid
When I arrived
I was tired, so tired
Still, here we are
Inspired inspired
Under the moon tonight
Verse 3
And at the end, we walk away in different directions
With a smile and a tear and a sadness to overcome
Another time we'll be back for the singing and the laughter
Another time for the cheer in your soul all night long
Wild Open Space. A song written by Si Cousins about Langdale
There are people out walking all over the place
Walking up hill and down dale
It's just the idea in this wild open space
That the World's not the same place up here
I've an idea that I'm closer to God
When I'm up on top of the World
And this mountain's so vast
I can see where I trod
Each step of the way to get here
And the air up here
is so cool and so clear
Has a taste and a scent of its own
Each time I go away
I promise one day
To this wild open space I'll return
Running around, feels like I’m missing something.
Double check the bags, it’s probably nothing.
In a few hours we won’t care
At the ODG, we’ll see you there.
Chorus:
It’s good to see you all again,
It’s good to see you my good friend
In Langdale.
It’s a stunning place, just you wait and see,
A magnificent place just to be.
Scenery you just won’t believe
You’ll never, ever want to leave.
Chorus
Drop the stuff off at Middlefell.
Got to start the fire and it’s raining like hell.
Head for a drink, see who’s around.
Head towards that beautiful sound.
Chorus
Music all around in different places
From new and familiar faces.
When everyone sits and plays together
I wish it could go on forever.
Chorus
Monday comes around and it’s all done.
It’s time to hit the road into the rising sun.
Amazing times that we’ll remember.
We can do it all again in September!
Chorus
The Bumbling Song by Rob Griffiths.
If you’re living in the city and you’re feeling rather low
There’s a little place in Lakeland where you really ought to go
So pack your Alka-Seltzer, take the caravan in tow
And come and join the bumblers in Langdale
Chorus
Bumble, bumble, through the countryside
Bumble, bumble, roaming far and wide
To hell with conservation, there’s a motorway to ride
And everybody’s coming up to Langdale
In your Rovers and your Jaguars we’ve seen you all arrive
Keeping to the middle at a steady twenty five
It’s time to look around you, ‘cause it’s good to be alive
And you’re holding up the rest of us in Langdale
And in the summer holidays you’re there in single file
In your forty seven seaters round the bends at Chapel Stile
Waiting for the cameraman to tell you when to smile
As he takes you on a tour around the Langdales
We’ve seen you with your Instamatics pointed at the lambs
From the comfort of your coaches in a Sunday traffic jam
But don’t go in the fields or you’ll get eaten by the rams
And don’t forget your welly boots in Langdale!
We’ve seen you on the campsite when the rain is coming down
In a pool of muddy water, floating round and round
Cursing at the man who comes to take your half a crowns
And wishing that you’d never heard of Langdale
We’ve seen you in your thousands, tramping up the hill
In your plastic macs and gym shoes, you’re heading for a spill
So remember Mountain Rescue when you’re making out your will
We’re the ones who’ll bring your body down to Langdale
But we’re really glad to see you here when all is said and done
There’s room enough in Langdale for each and every one
And besides we need the money too, so come and join the fun
And have yourself a holiday in Langdale
Here is another verse, I don't know if it was written by Rob Griffiths and I've not a clue where to fit it in!
We've watched you leaving fag ends and coke tins on the grass
You grumble and complain about the shilling for your glass
It's the first time we've seen you and hope It'll be the last and
tell all your friends to stay away from langdale
Sweet Valley Wine. A song written by Mike Rolland about Langdale
Verse 1
Autumn leaves fall away from the trees in the valley
They are caught red and gold in the evening sun
On the breeze there is music and song and there's laughter
We welcome the night because we know just what is gonna come
Chorus
And we drink sweet valley wine tonight
Morning's gonna be another day
And the cheer that fills my soul tonight
Is here and may it never stray
Verse 2
Friends, a thousand voices singing together
A song on a flute, a song on a beaten drum
Under the moon a silhouette of the singing and the dancing
Under the moon, silver light falls on every one
Mid
When I arrived
I was tired, so tired
Still, here we are
Inspired inspired
Under the moon tonight
Verse 3
And at the end, we walk away in different directions
With a smile and a tear and a sadness to overcome
Another time we'll be back for the singing and the laughter
Another time for the cheer in your soul all night long
Wild Open Space. A song written by Si Cousins about Langdale
There are people out walking all over the place
Walking up hill and down dale
It's just the idea in this wild open space
That the World's not the same place up here
I've an idea that I'm closer to God
When I'm up on top of the World
And this mountain's so vast
I can see where I trod
Each step of the way to get here
And the air up here
is so cool and so clear
Has a taste and a scent of its own
Each time I go away
I promise one day
To this wild open space I'll return