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No mountains does my land possess
Just large hills, delight the scene
No natural lakes to wet the land
But Kielder corrects, a fisherman’s dream
When the Conqueror landed at Hastings Beach
And King Harold lost his eye
The Northumbrian Archers stood upon the hill
Killing the Conquerors men
The Normans they were getting beat
The only order could be retreat
The English Lords thought they had saved the Crown
And let the brave Northumbrians down
By ordering a charge
William won the battle that day
Giving orders to all that listened
Northumbria must be cleansed of all
Who with the longbow, had stood tall
Of course the Scots did begin to hassle
The Borderlands in strife
Only now did the Invader realise
He would have to build a New Castle
Castles were made large and small
To protect everyone and all
Until the Crowns of both the lands
We’re both held by the same hand
Alnwick, Aydon, Bamburgh too
Bellingham, Belford, Bellister true
Belsay, Blenkinsop, Berwick on Tweed
Bywell and Bothal the orders did heed
Cartington, Chillingham, Chipchase and Dally
Cresswell, Coupland, Dilston, Callaly
Dunstanburgh, Etal, Elsdon and Ford
All of which the Scots just could not ignore
Seventy Castle the County can claim
And as many towers, all doing the same
Berwick was made a land of its own
In that a unique historical seed was then sown
At the end of the two great wars
A peace was finally made
But the wee town of Berwick
Was not placed upon the paper
So they are the only town in the world
To fight both World Wars at once
Even when the peace r was restored
They remained defiantly holding their shore*
*Consequently, the state of war persisted until the signing of the ‘Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany’ on 12th September 1990.
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