Old Thames Side

As I was walking down by old Thames side

Oh my foot and my heart seem to falter

And there you were standing by a Custom House landing

Like Venus risen out of the water

And they say it's because, well, I'm a fool in love

That I swear there's no beauty before you

And those that deny or think that I lie

Well oh, those are the ones who never saw you

Oh, there never was anyone so perfect as you

As you stood there and smiled to greet me

And I searched for a phrase to capture your ways

Well, that's a task that'll always defeat me

And they say it's because, oh, I'm a fool in love

That I swear there's no beauty before you

But those that deny or think that I lie

Well those are the ones who never saw you

And they say it's because I'm a fool in love

That I swear there's no beauty before you

And those that deny or think that I lie

Well oh, those are the ones who never saw you