Dear River Thames
You keep moving along
Not knowing where you're going
Or where you've come from
Your head's in the valley
Your feet in the sea
Dear River Thames
Stay a while, stay a while
Listen to me

Dear River Thames
Distress blurs my mind
Through London's gray pastures
So bleak and unkind
Clear blue through meadows
Darker through town
Dear River Thames
Stay by me, stay by me
And don't let me down

Dear River Thames
Sail me down to the sea
Where seagulls sing anthems
And circle around free
And there I shall rest
Where the waters descend
Dear River Thames
For the ride, I must confide
That you are my friend