Woods and wildlife, woods and wildlife
Woods and wildlife all around
Walk the Deerness Valley walk
Make this place a sacred ground
Woods and wildlife all around
Walk the Deerness Valley walk
Make this place a sacred ground
A habitat for the habits
Of squirrels, foxes, birds and rabbits
Fields and woods and hills and fens
Our place for them to make their dens
Of squirrels, foxes, birds and rabbits
Fields and woods and hills and fens
Our place for them to make their dens
Woods and wildlife, woods and wildlife
Woods and wildlife all around
Walk the Deerness Valley walk
Make this place a sacred ground
Woods and wildlife all around
Walk the Deerness Valley walk
Make this place a sacred ground
Woods from trees is living, growning
Bark and sap and green leaves blowing
Branches, twigs and trunks so thick
Make logs and sawdust, paper and sticks
Bark and sap and green leaves blowing
Branches, twigs and trunks so thick
Make logs and sawdust, paper and sticks
Woods and wildlife, woods and wildlife
Woods and wildlife all around
Walk the Deerness Valley walk
Make this place a sacred ground
Woods and wildlife all around
Walk the Deerness Valley walk
Make this place a sacred ground
Coal is dead wood in the ground
Trees are living, breathing proud
Pits were dark and black as hell
Now this land is green and well
Trees are living, breathing proud
Pits were dark and black as hell
Now this land is green and well
Woods and wildlife, woods and wildlife
Woods and wildlife all around
Walk the Deerness Valley walk
Make this place a sacred ground
Woods and wildlife all around
Walk the Deerness Valley walk
Make this place a sacred ground
(Gary Miller with year-6 pupils from Hamsteels Primary School, Esh Winning, Durham)