A FOLK singer is set to spark Olympic fever as the torch arrives in his hometown this weekend.

Roger Davies has penned a tribute to all the torchbearers called Carry That Fire.

He will perform the upbeat tune in the town centre on Saturday with backing from Brighouse and Rastrick Band.

The popular musician was asked to write the song by BBC Radio Leeds and will be previewing it to listeners during his weekly slot on the Andrew Edwards show, today at 3.30pm.

Roger, who is famed for his locally themed tunes, including, ‘Brighouse on Saturday Night’ and ‘Huddersfield Town’, said: “The producer asked me if it was my intention to write something. I said it wasn’t but it is now.

“It’s just a little short song that will lend itself well to the broadcast.

“It only took me about an hour to write, once you get the chorus done you’re there.”

Roger, who began to draw upon his love of Yorkshire as the inspiration for his songs while living in Brighton, said he wasn’t a big sports fan but felt the fever around the London Olympics was justified.

“It’s just an opportunity for the community to get together,” he said.

“Whether you like sport or not it’s something positive and it’s nice to be able to make a contribution to it all with this little song.”

Don’t stop now ‘till we get the job done

Running around West Yorkshire in the hot sun

All the way from Skipton to Keighley, Halifax, Huddersfield, Bradford and Ilkley

Everywhere from the valley to the hill tops

If every town from the market to the mill shops

There’s people standing in the streets just to see it, hear it, be near it, cheering for it now

So let’s carry that fire

Light that spark

Carry this flame

Through the dark

In our hands and in our hearts

All the way home

Don’t stop now ’till we get the race run

All the way from Yorkshire to London

This’ll happen maybe once in a lifetime

So here we go, yes we know it’s the right time

Somebody’s wildest dream’s gonna come true

Everywhere you look you see the red, white and blue

The world’s watching in anticipation

So let’s hear it for this great nation now …