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To Be Sung on the Water Lyrics by Peter Maxwell Davies

Eight Songs for a Mad King

1969

Sweet Thames, sweet Thames
Far, have I followed thee
God guard my people
Sweet Thames flow, soft
Burdened by my people
(deliver me from my people they are within.)
To Eden garden, unto Eden garden
In Hanover, Bermuda or New South Wales
Sweet Thames, flow soft. Evacuate my people
I am weary of this fate. I am alone

About “To Be Sung on the Water” by Peter Maxwell Davies

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"To Be Sung on the Water" is credited to Peter Maxwell Davies. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"To Be Sung on the Water" appears on "Eight Songs for a Mad King" in 1969.

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