The Warrington Carol

Traditionally each year the staff team perform a song at the annual CarolCade in aid of Action for children - this year was no exception. So we put pen to paper and using the tune to Mary's Boy child wrote the following. It went down a stormer....

Long time ago in the North West
In the town with a golden gate
There is a circuit Warrington
a varied town it longs to relate

Hark now hear the district say
Does one go into five?
As we responded yes we pray
Pre-empting mapping the way

In the centre two churches meet,
To celebrate their call
Bold street, Latchford oh so sweet
In joyous praise to one and all

Chorus

These angels all delight and sing
No people they forsake
The central sing in harmony
Jackie’s love of chocolate cake

Chorus

By and by there stood a bearded man
Stephen Kingsnorth was his name
A big red bus named after him
The Borough council never the same

Chorus

Up in the north of Ice & snow
St. Philip proclaims the word
From the Health Centre to the Odeon
We are being increasingly heard

Chorus

Some Methodists from Antrobus one night
they saw a wondrous beaming light
was it a bright and shining star
it was Stockton Heath in full flight

Chorus

So off they journeyed to Stockton Heath
to see what’s going free
Invited to join in partnership
whilst Mark drank a cup of tea
Chorus

By and by, oh they have met
so many times they do agree
enablers working night and day
whilst mark still drinks lots of tea

Chorus

The Padgate star shone from the tower
Bringing wise men from afar
From Woolston, Lymm & Rixton they came
All squashed up in Malcolm’s car

Chorus

We like to feast those of us in the East
Lymm’s market lunches are a charm
With Rixton’s bakes and St Martins cakes
& Padgate’s bacon barm!

Chorus

There were some gifts came from the East
So the Holy Bible says
But God good gifts to us in the west
Are new things being started instead.

Chorus

Tiddlywinks, 3SA, and Monday Mums,
Little Angels, Chat and Chill,
For Penketh and Hood Manor too
All think they are really brill


Hark now hear the district say
Does one go into five?
As we responded yes we pray
Pre-empting mapping the way

Hark now hear the angels sing
Swelling our circuit praise
Stick the sat nav in the car
As we follow the Warrington ways