I come from County Durham
And maybe you can see If you love the place you come from
What Durham means to me
If home is where the heart is
Mine lies in that land
That runs down from the purple hills
To the North Sea’s golden sand.
Chorus:
Durham is the only place for me
Durham is my soul and sanctuary
There's a city that has seven hills like Rome
Durham, County Durham is my home
The coal of County Durham
Once made the fact’ries hum
Bone and blood were sacrificed
For every single ton
When coal was king in Durham
“Dig lads,” was the cry
They paid the debt for miner’s sweat
By hanging them out to dry
St. Cuthbert he was holy
God loved the way he talked
As he prayed standing in the sea
‘til he was cold and dracht
When he died they took his bones
From Tyneside to the Wear
When they got to Durham he said
“Lads put the box down here!”
The tales of County Durham
Were nursery rhymes to me
The march for work, the General Strike
The years of tyranny
Durham has seen bogey men
Every shape and size
They’ve even had an awful worm
With greet big goggely eyes
Ending:
Repeat first verse.
