David Longdon - Lost Rivers Of London lyrics

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 [Chorus] 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 [Chorus] 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