The Anderton Lift Goes Up and Down
© Arthur Marshall (2011)
The Anderton Lift goes up and down, slowly
Nothing happens for ages and then by all that's holy
There's a click and a clank and a rattle of chains
And you're off down to the river again
The Anderton Lift goes up and down, slowly
The Anderton Lift goes up and down, silently
It does it gently and not in any way violently
It's sweet and gentle and oh so soothing
In fact you hardly know you're moving
The Anderton Lift goes up and down, silently
The Anderton Lift goes up and down, gently
Like riding in an old Rolls Royce or even a Bentley
It's statuesque and stands with pride
It's the world's slowest fairground ride
The Anderton Lift goes up and down, gently
The Anderton Lift goes up and down, pneumatically
Some of the girders creak just a little rheumatically
And it always comes as a surprise
To find the whole damn things computerised
The Anderton Lift goes up and down, pneumatically
The Anderton Lift goes up and down, slowly
You think it would cost you a bomb but by all that's holy
If you book in advance you have to pay a fee
But if you take pot luck hoorah it's free
The Anderton Lift goes up and down, slowly
The Anderton Lift goes up and down slowly
My thanks go to Arthur Marshall for permission to use these lyrics and video. Arthur Marshall's web-site can be
found here.
The Anderton Boat Lift is a two caisson lift lock
near the village of Anderton, Cheshire, in North
West England. It provides a 50-foot (15.2 m)
vertical link between two navigable waterways:
the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal.