When it all started it was February sun
Nobody expected it would stay
Yet we got into March, with barely a drop
It was bound to start snowing we’d say
Easter did come, flakeless still
But rain is a coming, just look to the hills
Black clouds loomed, and were starting to spread
Then blew off to Norway, gave them rain instead
The temperature was rising, steadily in May
So much that the tarmac was melting
Every kid wrote their name in the road
Surely it would soon begin pelting
May left still sunny, off into June
Kielder was low, hosepipe ban introduced
Then our expected downpour finally came
It lasted 10 minutes, of snow, yes the same
First time in a century, the Hoppings were dry
Everyone looking for rain in the sky
Cloudless continued, air pressure was high
Blistering heat all the way through July
August, September, October too
The Tyne had turned into a stream
Making thing worse was a rumour, malicious
They were now running out of ice cream, delicious
Then, late one night, after bonfires burned
The weather it change, the rain had returned
Continuously falling until mid December
Then turned to snow for the rest of the year
Our village cut off from the mad world outside
No schools were open, education had died
Still the snow fell, nowt better to do
But when you are a child ‘let's build an igloo’
My brother and I, went for a walk
Flat open snow was all we could see
When he disappeared down a bank then unknown
Up too his waist, laughing as he did go
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