London River, oh the London River   All the love I have I'll give her   London River, oh the London River   That's the river for me      First time that I set my eyes upon her   Tell no lie, upon my honour   Sights and sounds that made my heart a-shiver   Then I saw her on the London River-oh      London River, oh the London River   All the love I have I'll give her   London River, oh the London River   That's the river for me      Signed to my master in the 1930s   The hours were long and the work was dirty   Out in the indies where the Rum is brewed   Had me a drop and got me kidneys too      London River, oh the London River   All the love I have I'll give her   London River, oh the London River   That's the river for me      (Instr. Verse -- Violin)      Signed for a while on the old rasover   Some of them stewards they'll blow you over   Lipstick and Makeup, and all that muck,   Walk like a woman and they call you duck      London River, oh the London River   All the love I have I'll give her   London River, oh the London River   That's the river for me      First time that I set my eyes upon her   Tell no lie, upon my honour   Sights and sounds that made my heart a-shiver   Then I saw her on the London River-oh      London River, oh the London River   All the love I have I'll give her   London River, oh the London River   That's the river for me