| I met my love near Woolwich Pier |
| Beneath the big crane standing. |
| All the love I felt for her, |
| It passed all understanding. |
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| Tuckers sailing on the river, |
| Flow, sweet river, flow. |
| London Town was mine to give her, |
| Sweet Thames, flow softly. |
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| Made the Thames into a crown, |
| Flow, sweet river, flow. |
| Made a brooch of silver town, |
| Sweet Thames, flow softly. |
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| From Shadwell Dock to Nine Elms Reach |
| We cheek-to-cheek were dancing, |
| Her necklace, made of London Bridge, |
| Her beauty was enhancing. |
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| Kissed her once at Wapping. |
| Flow, sweet river, flow. |
| After that, there was no stopping. |
| Sweet Thames, flow softly. |
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| Gave a Richmond Park to twist |
| Flow, sweet river, flow. |
| Into a bracelet for her wrist, |
| Sweet Thames, flow softly. |
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| But now, alas, the tide has changed, |
| My love, she has gone from me. |
| Winter's frost has touched my heart, |
| And put a blight upon me. |
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| Creeping fog is on the river, |
| Flow, sweet river, flow. |
| Sun and moon and stars gone with her, |
| Sweet Thames, flow softly. |
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| Swift the Thames flows to the sea, |
| Flow, sweet river, flow. |
| Bearing ships and part of me, |
| Sweet Thames, flow softly. |
