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Listen to The Lambton Worm's song and put each paragraph in its right place.

The Lambton Worm song

One Sunday morning young Lambton went

to fishing in the Wear;

And caught a fish upon his hook

He thought looked very strange.

But what kind of fish it was

Young Lambton couldn’t tell

He couldn’t be bothered to carry it home,

So he threw it down a well

Chorus The news of this most awful worm And his queer gannins on Soon crossed the seas, got to the ears Ov brave and bowld Sir John. So home he came and caught the beast, And cut him in two halves, And that soon stopped his eating bairns And sheep and lambs and caalves.

Chorus

This fearful worm would often feed On caalves and lambs and sheep, And swally little bairns alive When they laid down the sleep. And when he'd eaten all he could And he had had he's fill, He craaled away and lapped he's tail Ten times roond Pensha Hill.

Chorus

But the worm got fat and grew and grew, And grew an awful size; He'd greet big teeth, a greet big gob, And greet big goggly eyes. And when at nights he crawled around Te pick up bits of news, If he felt dry upon the road, He'd milk a dozen coos.

Chorus

Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs, And I'll tell you all an awful story, Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs, And I'll tell you about the worm. Now Lambton felt inclined to go And fight a foreign war. He joined a troop of Knights that cared For neither wounds nor scars, And off he went to Palestine Where queer things him befel, An very soon forgot about The queer worm in the well.

Chorus

So now you know how all the folk

On both sides of the Wear

Lost lots of sheep and lots of sleep

And lived in mortal fear.

So let's hev one to brave Sir John

That kept the bairns from harm,

Saved coos and calves by making halves

Of the famous Lambton Worm. Chorus