Lost Rivers Of London

Lost rivers of London

Long lost rivers of London

By the palace and the abbeys

By the lakes in the parks

Black waters rise

From one hundred springs and wells

Lost rivers of London town

Long lost rivers of London town

Underneath the houses on the

Old Kent Road

If you listen very hard

You can hear the river flow

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Headwaters out on the hills

And the meadows

Run through the fields

To the city streets

Paved with stone

And after the rain

Through the cracks in the pavement

The rivers will rise

As they make their way

To the shore

Lost rivers of London town

Long lost rivers of London town

Canute sailed the Effra

On the high spring tide

Now the black river hides

Under Turnagain Lane

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Lost rivers of London

Long lost rivers of London town

Lost rivers of London

Long lost rivers of London town

The Fleet and the Tyburn

And the Neckinger

The Westbourne and the Walbrook

And the river Effra