A Lincolnshire Lad - Lincolnshire Day (2016) Poem by Christopher Tye

A Lincolnshire Lad - Lincolnshire Day (2016)

Today is Lincolnshire Day held every year on the 1st October,
The anniversary of the start of The Lincolnshire Rising in 1536,
But after all these years we are still under the yoke of London,
But we still hope for independence from a government that doesn't care about us.

Lincolnshire is England's largest united county,
Be it the Fens or the Wolds Lincolnshire is a beautiful place,
Covered with glorious countryside and historic buildings,
Full of quaint villages and market towns.

From Louth, the capital of the Wolds,
To Spalding, the capital of the Fens,
And Lincolnshire's capital, Lincoln itself,
There is nowhere better than Lincolnshire.

Stretching from the Wash to the Humber,
Bolingbroke castle birthplace of King Henry IV,
Gainsborough once the capital of England,
When King Swain ruled Viking England.

By Christopher Tye