Ascending Chatham Hill

It's a long, long way up Chatham Hill*
From the Luton Road Railway Arches
To the Jezreels Hose Clip Factory.
It's a thorny hill to paradise,
From the High Street Cash Converters
To the second hand Medway Motor Dealers.

One glorious day I will enter the Eden of Upper Gillingham,
By whirlwind and fiery chariot.
There to rest where the air is sweet,
The course of my earthly life complete.

Sing Gillingham! - Gillingham!
Sing Gillingham!
Sing Gillingham!
Sing Gill-ing-ham!

It's a long, long way up Chatham Hill,
From the Luton Road Railway Arches
To the Jezreels Hose Clip Factory.
It's a thorny hill to paradise,
From the High Street Cash Converters
To the second hand Medway Motor Dealers.

And there, my glittering prize - I claim salvation in Upper Gillingham.
By virgins and apostles attended.
To banish my tormentor
To the wastes of the Pentagon Shopping Centre.

Sing Gillingham! - Gillingham!
Sing Gillingham!
Sing Gillingham!
Sing Gill-ing-ham!

It's a long, long way up Chatham Hill,
From the Luton Road Railway Arches
To the Jezreels Hose Clip Factory.
It's a thorny hill to paradise,
From the High Street Cash Converters
To the second hand Medway Motor Dealers.

To view, from dizzying high, the crystal waters of the Medway River.
And rising from the mists on its verdant bank,
The towers of the Inland Revenue.
Together now- You Hindu, Christian, you Muslim and Jew!

Sing Gillingham! - Gillingham!
Sing Gillingham!
Sing Gillingham!
Sing Gill-ing-ham!