Basingstoke, I love to come and play in Basingstoke.
What pleasant vistas does that name evoke?
Basingstoke,
Best of the post war new towns,
And I know quite a few towns!
Basingstoke!  
Emotions well up in me ‘til I feel I’ll choke.
I could be free from care if only I lived there,
In amazing Basingstoke!

Basingstoke, such untold pleasures lie in Basingstoke,
Town planning’s awe-inspiring masterstroke,
Basingstoke.
You’re so supremely modern,
Jewel of the River Loddon! 
Basingstoke!
If Hampshire was an egg then you would be the yolk!
Just off the M3, too, it’s like a dream come true!
So I’m praising Basingstoke!

Basingstoke, your cops don’t need to go round tazing folk 
For taking smack, say, or inhaling coke
Basingstoke!
Oh Baby hear me shoutin’, 
I love each roundabout in
Basingstoke,
I’ll sing your praises ‘til my voice is just a croak!
So all you cats and chicks, turn off at junction 6 
For amazing, dazing, full of double-glazing,
Pulse-rate raising Basingstoke!

[lyrics by Kit Packham]