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 m**m and Jew!
Sing Gillingham! - Gillingham!
Sing Gillingham!
Sing Gillingham!
Sing Gill-ing-ham!