The Flood Grover

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The Flood Grover

• A Celebration of the CIWEM
• Rivers and Coastal Group September 2006
• Cornish Pastie
• Grover Cornish expert in land management who
  thus makes a key contribution to sustainable
  flood management

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The Flood Grover

• Chorus
• And lets stop the flooding
• No, nae never, no more
• We will stop, cars afloating
• From off Bodmin Moor!

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The Flood Grover

• Well Ive been a Flood Grover
• For many a year
• High tides and flood water
• They give me no fear
• An Gordon hes showed us
• Some lessons hes learnt
• But thats not the problem
• His moneys all spent!
• Chorus
• And lets stop the flooding, No nae never no more
• We will stop cars afloating, From off Bodmin
  Moor!

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The Flood Grover

• Bob was a wild rover
• A fine Yorkshire Gent
• When down to the South West
• By Sarah was sent
• He contacted Gordon
• Who knew all the odds
• About downpours in Cornwall
• . An strange Cornish bods!
• Chorus
• And lets stop the flooding, No nae never no more
• We will stop cars afloating, From off Bodmin
  Moor!

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The Flood Grover

• Now Gordon told DEFRA
• His money was spent
• (An Graham was chased
• .by a stick waving gent)
• He said lets save Bodmin
• They answered him Nae
• Bodmin has no water
• Its all dried away!
• Chorus
• And lets stop the flooding, No nae never no more
• We will stop cars afloating, From off Bodmin
  Moor!

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The Flood Grover

• At the Wellington Hotel
• We rested for lunch
• An met up wi our guides
• A fine upright bunch
• Where floodwater had broken
• Right into the room
• An Llewellin Bowen
• Swept clean wi his broom
• Chorus
• And lets stop the flooding, No nae never no more
• We will stop cars afloating, From off Bodmin
  Moor!

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The Flood Grover

• Now Gordon saw water
• In fine Bodmin town
• An thought.
• I know how to stop it coming about
• He adjusted the ballcock
• Up by the well
• Then stepped back and admired it
• ..and his pride it did swell!
• Chorus
• And lets stop the flooding, No nae never no more
• We will stop cars afloating, From off Bodmin
  Moor!

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The Flood Grover

• We visited Sladesbridge
• By the new garden store
• An saw where the otters
• Ate fish by the score
• Cornish Walls are amazing
• They change light to dark
• Giving the locals
• more space to car park!
• Chorus
• And lets stop the flooding, No nae never no more
• We will stop cars afloating, From off Bodmin
  Moor!

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The Flood Grover

• We went into an alehouse
• Last night for some dinner
• We all had our fill
• An out came a winner
• Bob Wood he is good
• Flood facts he amasses
• But at the tasting o whisky
• Oer all he surpasses!
• Chorus
• And lets stop the flooding, No nae never no more
• We will stop cars afloating, From off Bodmin
  Moor!

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The Flood Grover

• The word from the Trust
• No concretes a must
• Otters a plenty
• An trees are all NT
• Way down in Boscastle
• They gave us some hastle
• Oer stones we must wangle
• Wi the Angle of Dangle
• Chorus
• And lets stop the flooding, No nae never no more
• We will stop cars afloating, From off Bodmin
  Moor!

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The Flood Grover

• Our Chairman Sarah
• She wore round her neck
• The RCG Medal
• Swung over the beck!
• Shes lost her PC
• But never her cool
• Feeding the swans
• at the Priory Pool!
• Chorus
• And lets stop the flooding, No nae never no more
• We will stop cars afloating, From off Bodmin
  Moor!

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The Flood Grover

• Back at CUC Campus
• We havent the knack
• The windows to open
• Our fingers attack!
• If you learn the secret
• an dont give us a shout
• Our Sarah will see you
• An knock you about!
• Chorus
• And lets stop the flooding, No nae never no more
• We will stop cars afloating, From off Bodmin
  Moor!

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The Flood Grover

• Now our Chairman Sarah
• Shes set an example
• Wi her Medal an Blackberry
• .an rocks she has sampled!
• Now a few words o wisdom
• We all want to hear
• An to run our committee
• Is to her heart dear!
• Chorus
• And lets stop the flooding, No nae never no more
• We will stop cars afloating, From off Bodmin
  Moor!

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The Flood Grover

• Boscastle this morning
• Was first on the list
• Then Bodmin and Sladesbridge
• Before we get p..ssed!
• After dinner this evening
• Its whisky galore
• And then after that..
• .its no never .....no more!
• Chorus
• And lets stop the flooding, No nae never no more
• We will stop cars afloating, From off Bodmin
  Moor!