The Gammans-Roy Wedding
Notes for guests
We’ve written some last minute instructions for our wedding day:
- The venue is a 14th century tithe barn so bring something warm in case it gets cold in the evening
- No smoking anywhere near the barn! Please go to the smoking area opposite the barn entrance at the stone wall
- Parking is around the back of the barn. Please drive dead slow on the property – map to be linked
- Glasses will be in short supply so please hold on to your glassware wherever possible
- Please help us keep the venue tidy by putting rubbish away in the correct bins and cleaning up after yourself
- There will be lots of dancing so please wear comfortable shoes
- Share your wedding photos with us on myguestpix
- Your name card will be in a potted plant. This is also your wedding favour to take home
- No boxed gifts please! Give a cash gift online on our wedding list
Wedding breakfast menu:
- Onion Bhaji (Vegan, dairy free, gluten free)
- Allotment Vegetable Balti (Vegan, dairy free, gluten free)
Seasonal vegetables grown in Kent cooked in a rich tomato base - Tarka Daal (Vegan, dairy free, gluten free)
Slow cooked with whole spices and tomato topped with tarka (a garlic and cumin glaze) - Saag Paneer (Vegetarian, gluten free)
Creamed whole leaf spinach with spiced chunks of Indian cheese - Naan Bread selection (Vegan, contains gluten)
Oven fired Plain and Garlic - Basmati Rice (Vegan, gluten free)
- Pre-selected Western option is vegetable tart with new potatoes
- Dessert: A wide selection of traditional British homemade cakes including fruit cake, scones, lemon drizzle, almond, mixed berry, chocolate and raspberry. Cakes will be labelled for dietary restrictions. These will be displayed at the back of the barn, please help yourself when ready.
- Table Plan Image
Schedule
Saturday 24 August 2024
11:15 – Day guests arrive
12:00 – Wedding ceremony
12:30 – Refreshments & Photos
13:30 – Speeches
14:00 – Wedding breakfast (Indian Vegan/Vegetarian, limited Western option available)
16:00 – Break & evening guests arrive
17:00 – Cake cutting and first dance
17:30 – Bollywood dancing
18:15 – London knees-up
19:00 – Ceilidh
20:00 – Western finger buffet
20:30 – Dancing
23:00 – End
Address
The Gammans-Roy wedding will take place on Saturday 24 August 2024 at The Tithe Barn in Court Lodge Farm, Lenham, Kent. Built in 1342, the barn is simple and beautiful with each timber clearly showing its purpose.
The address is: Court Lodge Farm, High St, Lenham ME17 2QD
What 3 words location: ///paradise.standards.cowboy
Enter from the High Street by Lenham Fire Station (do not enter from Church Square). Parking is available at the farm.
Lenham station is a 10-minute walk from the barn.
Lyrics
Prepare your vocal chords to join in the London Knees Up! We’ll be putting all the lyrics on this page so you can sing along with us.
In, out, in, out, you shake it all about
You do the hokey cokey and you turn around
That’s what it’s all about
Woah-oh, the hokey cokey
Woah-oh, the hokey cokey
Knees bent, arms stretched, ra, ra, ra
In, out, in, out, you shake it all about
You do the hokey cokey and you turn around
That’s what it’s all about
Woah-oh, the hokey cokey
Woah-oh, the hokey cokey
Knees bent, arms stretched, ra, ra, ra
In, out, in, out, shake it all about
You do the hokey cokey and you turn around
That’s what it’s all about
Woah-oh, the hokey cokey
Woah-oh, the hokey cokey
Knees bent, arms stretched, ra, ra, ra
In, out, in, out, you shake it all about
You do the hokey cokey and you turn around
That’s what it’s all about
Woah-oh, the hokey cokey
Woah-oh, the hokey cokey
Knees bent, arms stretched, ra, ra, ra
In (woo), out (woo), shake it all about
Do the hokey cokey and you turn around
That’s what it’s all about
Woah-oh, the hokey cokey
Woah-oh, the hokey cokey
Knees bent, arms stretched, ra, ra, ra
Woah-oh, the hokey cokey
Woah-oh, the hokey cokey
Knees bent, arms stretched, ra, ra, ra
Only happy faces bloom there
And there’s never any room there
For a worry or a gloom there
Oh, there’s music and there’s dancing
And a lot of sweet romancing
When they play the polka
They all get in the swing
Every time they hear that oom-pa-pa
Everybody feels so tra-la-la
They want to throw their cares away
They all go lah-de-ah-de-ay
Then they hear a rumble on the floor, the floor
It’s the big surprise they’re waiting for
And all the couples form a ring
For miles around you’ll hear them sing
Roll out the barrel, we’ll have a barrel of fun
Roll out the barrel, we’ve got the blues on the run
Zing boom tararrel, ring out a song of good cheer
Now’s the time to roll the barrel, for the gang’s all here
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da
It’s the big surprise they’re waiting for
And all the couples, they form a ring
For miles around you’ll hear them sing
Dree mopado theedo da-da-da-da
Roll it out, roll it out, roll out the barrel
Da-da-da da-da da-da da-da-da-da-da
Sing a song of good cheer, ’cause the whole gang is here
We had to move away,
‘Cos the rent we couldn’t pay
The moving van came round just after dark
There was me and my old man
Shoving things inside the van
Which we’d often done before let me remark
We packed all that could be packed
In the van, and that’s a fact
And we got inside all we could get inside
Then we packed all we could pack
On the tail board at the back
Till there wasn’t any room for me to ride.My old man said follow the van
And don’t dilly-dally on the way
Off went the cart with the home packed in it
I walked behind with me old cock linnet
But I dillied and I dallied
And I dallied and I dillied
Lost the van and don’t know where to roam
I stopped on the way to have the old half quartern
And I can’t find my way home.I gave a helping hand
With the marble wash-hand stand
And straight we wasn’t getting on so bad
All at once the carman bloke
Had an accident and broke
Well, the nicest piece of china that we had
You’ll understand of course
I was cross about the loss
Same as any other human woman would
But I soon got over that, what with ‘two-out’ and a chat
‘Cos its little things like that what does you good. My old man said follow the van
And don’t dilly-dally on the way
Off went the cart with the home packed in it
I walked behind with me old cock linnet
But I dillied and I dallied
And I dallied and I dillied
Lost the van and don’t know where to roam
Now who’s going to put up the old iron bedstead?
If I ain’t find my way home.Oh I’m in such a mess
I don’t know the new address
Don’t even know the blessed neighbourhood
And I feel as if I might
Have to stay out all the night
And it ain’t a going to do me any good
I don’t make no complaints
But I’m coming over faint
What I want now is a good substantial feed
And I sort o’ kind o’ feel
If I don’t soon have a meal
I shall have to rob the linnet of its seed. My old man said follow the van
And don’t dilly-dally on the way
Off went the cart with the home packed in it
I walked behind with me old cock linnet
But I dillied and I dallied
And I dallied and I dillied
Lost the van and don’t know where to roam
You can’t trust these specials like the old time coppers
When you can’t find your way home.
The skies ain’t blue, the grass it ain’t green
It hasn’t got the Mayfair touch
But, well, that don’t matter very much
Not like you but a bit more gay
When we have a bit of fun
Oh, boy
Anytime you’re Lambeth way
Any evening, any day
You’ll find us all doing the Lambeth walk
With her little Lambeth pal
You’ll find ’em all doing the Lambeth walk
Ev’rything’s free and easy
Do as you darn well please-y
Why don’t you make your way there
Go there, stay there
Once you get down Lambeth way
Ev’ry evening, ev’ry day
You’ll find yourself doing the Lambeth walk
Any evening, any day
You’ll find us all doin’ the Lambeth walk
Ev’ry little Lambeth gal
With her little Lambeth pal
You’ll find ’em all doin’ the Lambeth walk
Do as you darn well pleasey
Why don’t you make your way there
Go there, stay there
Once you get down Lambeth way
Ev’ry evening, ev’ry day
You’ll find yourself doin’ the Lambeth walk
Anytime you’re Lambeth way
Any evening, any day
You’ll find us all doin’ the Lambeth walk
Ev’ry little Lambeth gal
With her little Lambeth pal
You’ll find ’em all doin’ the Lambeth walk
Anytime you’re Lambeth way
Any evening, any day
You’ll find us all doing the Lambeth walk
Ev’ry little Lambeth gal
With her little Lambeth pal
You’ll find ’em all doin’ the Lambeth walk
Do as you darn well please-y
Why don’t you make your way there
Go there, stay there
Once you get down Lambeth way
Ev’ry evening, ev’ry day
You’ll find yourself
Doin’ the Lambeth walk
Anytime you’re Lambeth way
Any evening, any day
You’ll find us all doing the Lambeth walk
Ev’ry little Lambeth gal
With her little Lambeth pal
You’ll find ’em all doing the Lambeth walk
Do as you darn well please-y
Why don’t you make your way there
Go there, stay there
Once you get down Lambeth way
Ev’ry evening, ev’ry day
You’ll find yourself
Doin’ the Lambeth walk
Anytime you’re Lambeth way
Any evening, any day
You’ll find us all doing the Lambeth
Doing the Lambeth walk!
Knees up Mother Brown
Knees up Mother Brown
Under the table you must go
Ee-aye, Ee-aye, Ee-aye-oh
If I catch you bending
I’ll saw your legs right off
Knees up, knees up
don’t get the breeze up
Knees up Mother Brown
To tell it is a must
About an unsung hero
That moves away your dust
Some people make a fortune
Others earn a mint
My old man don’t earn much
In fact he’s flippin’ skint
He wears a dustman’s hat
He wears cor blimey trousers
And he lives in a council flat
He looks a proper narner
In his great big hobnail boots
He’s got such a job to pull ’em up
That he calls them daisy roots
And some of them forget
So when he picks their bins up
He spills some on the steps
Now one old man got nasty
And to the council wrote
Next time my old man went ’round there
He punched him up the throat
He wears a dustman’s hat
He wears cor blimey trousers
And he lives in a council flat
I ‘er, I found a police dog in my dust bin
(How do you know he’s a police dog?)
He had a policeman with him
He’s got an ‘eart of gold
He got married recently
Though he’s eighty-six years old
We said “‘ere, ‘ang on dad
you’re getting past your prime”
He said “well when you get to my age”
“It helps to pass the time” (oi!)
He wears a dustman’s hat
He wears cor blimey trousers
And he lives in a council flat
My dustbin’s full of lillies
(Well, throw them away then!)
I can’t, Lilly’s wearing them
He missed a lady’s bin
He hadn’t gone but a few yards
When she chased after him
“What game do you think you’re playing”
She cried right from the heart
“You missed me, am I too late?”
“No, jump up on the cart!”
He wears a dustman’s hat
He wears cor blimey trousers
And he lives in a council flat, I say I say, I say (not you again!)
How do you know it’s full?
‘Cause there’s not mushroom inside!
Nailed to a piece of wood
The tiger looked quite miserable
But I suppose he should
Just them from out the window
A voice began to wail
He said “oi, where’s me tiger’s head?”
“Four foot from ‘is tail!”
He wears a dustman’s hat
He wear cor blimey trousers
And he lives in a council flat
Looking all pale and sad
Don’t kick him in the dustbin
It might be my ole dad!
Dress Code
The Wedding will be Indian-British fusion. The bride will be wearing a teal lehenga. The bridesmaids will be wearing pale gold. Bring your comfortable dancing shoes for the evening!
Gifts
No boxed gifts please. Any cash gifts will go towards the honeymoon and our new house.
Transport
The full address is Court Lodge Farm, High St, Lenham ME17 2QD.
Lenham station is a ten-minute walk from The Tithe Barn. The wedding ends 11:00pm sharp.
– Last trains from Lenham to Ashford International are at 11:17pm and 00:17am
– Last train from Lenham to Maidstone 10:56pm
– Last train from Lenham to London Victoria/Bromley South 10:56pm
Car parking is available at the farm. Please enter from the High Street and follow signs for the car park.
Please consider car sharing for the Wedding. You can discuss with other wedding guests on facebook here: Gammans-Roy Wedding Discussion
Hotels
An eight-minute drive from The Tithe Barn and good value for money.
Premier Inn Ashford North
An eight-minute drive from The Tithe Barn and good value for money.
Holiday Inn Ashford
Luxury hotel and spa, five minute drive away from The Tithe Barn.
Chilston Park Hotel
A luxury hotel and pub, just four minutes drive away from The Tithe Barn.
The Wishful Thinker
Sustainability
We are trying to make this wedding as eco-friendly as possible, so please do your part too! If you want to buy a new outfit for the wedding make sure you can use it again in the future. Try and use public transport or share a ride wherever possible. If there is food left over we will provide paper boxes so you can take a portion home with you.
