Camborne Hill

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"Goin' up Camborne Hill" ("Going up Camborne Hill")
Music by	Unknown
Lyrics by	Unknown
Language	Cornish dialect

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.^[1] It is popular at Rugby matches and Cornish gatherings all around the world.

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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

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