Lullaby of London
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1. As I walked down by the
riverside
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one evening in the spring,
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heard a long gone song from days gone by,
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blown in on the great North
wind.
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Though there is no lonesome
corncrake’s cry of sorrow and delight,
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you can hear the cars and the shouts from
bars,
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and the laughter and the
fights.
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May the ghosts that howled round the house
at night
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never keep you from your
sleep,
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may they all sleep tight down in hell
tonight
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or where ever they may be.
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2. As I walked on with a
heavy heart,
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then a stone danced on the tide,
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and the song went on though the lights were
gone,
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and the North wind gently
sighed.
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And an evening breeze coming
from the east
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that kissed the riverside,
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so I pray now, child, that you sleep tonight,
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when you hear this lullaby.
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May the wind that blows from the haunted
graves
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never bring you misery,
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may the angels bright watch you tonight,
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and keep you while you sleep.
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(The Pogues)