Camborne Hill

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title = Goin' up Camborne Hill
english_title = Going up Camborne Hill
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Camborne Hill is a Cornish song that celebrates Richard Trevithick's historic steam engine ride up Camborne Hill to Beacon on Christmas Eve in 1801. [Traditional Cornish song] It is popular at Rugby matches and Cornish gatherings all around the world.

Lyrics

"Goin' up Camborne Hill, coming down"
"Goin' up Camborne Hill, coming down"
"The horses stood still;"
"The wheels went around;"
"Going up Camborne Hill coming down"

"White stockings, white stockings she wore (she wore)"
"White stockings, white stockings she wore"
"White stockings she wore:"
"The same as before;"
"Going up Camborne Hill coming down"

"I knowed her old father old man (old man)"
"I knowed her old father old man"
"I knowed her old man:"
"He played in the band;"
"Going up Camborne Hill coming down"

"I 'ad 'er, I 'ad 'er, I did"
"I 'ad 'er, I 'ad 'er, I did"
"I 'ad 'er, I did:"
"It cost me a quid"
"Going up Camborne Hill coming down"

"He heaved in the coal, in the steam (the steam)"
"He heaved in the coal, in the steam"
"He heaved in the coal:"
"The steam hit the beam"
"Going up Camborne Hill coming down"

"Goin' up Camborne Hill, coming down"
"Goin' up Camborne Hill, coming down"
"The horses stood still;"
"The wheels went around;"
"Going up Camborne Hill coming down"

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cornwall/uncovered/stories/august2004/walk_through_time/06.shtml Walk Through Time - Camborne] BBC "Where I live" webpage
* [http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=4167&messages=9#22316 Mudcat website]

References