Sweet Thames Flow Softly

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[Verse 1]
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I met my love at Woolwich Pier 
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beneath the big crane standing
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And all the love I felt for her it 
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passed all understanding
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Took her sailing on the river, 
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flow sweet river flow
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London town was mine to give her, 
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sweet Thames flow softly
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Made the Thames into a crown, flow 
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sweet river flow
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Made a brooch of Silver town, sweet
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 Thames flow softly


[Verse 2]
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At London Yard I held her hand, at 
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Blackwell Point I faced her
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At the Isle of Dogs I kissed her 
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mouth and tenderly embraced her
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Heard the bells of Greenwich 
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ringing, flow sweet river flow
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All the time my heart was singing, 
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sweet Thames flow softly
Limehouse Reach I gave her there, 
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flow sweet river flow
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As a ribbon for her hair, sweet 
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Thames flow softly


[Verse 3]
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From Putney Bridge to Nine Elms 
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Reach, we cheek to cheek were 
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dancing
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A necklace made of London Bridge, 
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her beauty was enhancing
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Kissed her once again at Wapping, 
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flow sweet river flow
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After that there was no stopping, 
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sweet Thames flow softly
Gave her Hampton Court to twist, 
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flow sweet river flow
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Into a bracelet for her wrist, 
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sweet Thames flow softly


[Verse 4]
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But now, alas, the tide has 
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changed, my love she has gone from 
me
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And winter's chill has touched my 
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heart and put a blight upon me
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Creeping fog is on the river, flow
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 sweet river flow
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Sun and moon and stars gone with 
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her, sweet Thames flow softly
Swift the Thames runs to the sea, 
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flow sweet river flow
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Bearing ships and part of me, sweet
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 Thames flow softly
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Sweet Thames flow softly