Written by Ewan MacColl
CAPO: 4 Intro: C Dm F G C Dm F G C G C G C G I met my love at Woolwich Pier beneath the big crane standing C G C G C And all the love I felt for her it passed all understanding Dm F G C Took her sailing on the river, flow sweet river flow Dm F G C G London town was mine to give her, sweet Thames flow softly F C G Made the Thames into a crown, flow sweet river flow F C G C G Made a brooch of Silver town, sweet Thames flow softly C G C G At London Yard I held her hand, at Blackwell Point I faced her C G C G C At the Isle of Dogs I kissed her mouth and tenderly embraced her Dm F G C Heard the bells of Greenwich ringing, flow sweet river flow Dm F G C G All the time my heart was singing, sweet Thames flow softly F C G Limehouse Reach I gave her there, flow sweet river flow F C G C G As a ribbon for her hair, sweet Thames flow softly C G C G From Shadwell Dock to Nine Elms Reach, we cheek to cheek were dancing C G C G C A necklace made of London Bridge, her beauty was enhancing Dm F G C Kissed her once again at Wapping, flow sweet river flow Dm F G C G After that there was no stopping, sweet Thames flow softly F C G Richmond Park it was a ring, flow sweet river flow F C G C G I'd have given anything, sweet Thames flow softly C G C G From Rotherhithe to Putney Bridge my love I was declaring C G C G C And she from Kew to Isleworth, her love for me was swearing Dm F G C Love it set my heart to burning, flow sweet river flow Dm F G C G Never saw the tide was turning, sweet Thames flow softly F C G Gave her Hampton Court to twist, flow sweet river flow F C G C G Into a bracelet for her wrist, sweet Thames flow softly C G C G But now, alas, the tide has changed, my love she has gone from me C G C G C And winter's chill has touched my heart and put a blight upon me Dm F G C Creeping fog is on the river, flow sweet river flow Dm F G C G Sun and moon and stars gone with her, sweet Thames flow softly F C G Swift the Thames runs to the sea, flow sweet river flow F C G C Bearing ships and part of me, sweet Thames flow softly F C G C Sweet Thames flow softly