SWEET RIVER

Music & Lyrics by Greg Harper

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There’s a spring at the foot of the hillside, from	which clear water does	flow

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From a spring to a stream, growing broader, till a	brook so	steadily	flows

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From a	brook it leads on to the river, from	whence it runs down to the	sea

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It’s an inspirational source of nature and a	source of inspiration to	me

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Lead on sweet river lead on, through	meadows so lush and so	green

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Through woodland alive with the songbird, to	places king	fishers are	seen

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Lead	on sweet river ever onward, passed the	banks and the riverside	glades

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Where poets once lay in repose and the	hearts of young lover’s re	main

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Lead on sweet river lead on, passed	mills you serviced so	long

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Passed villages now hushed and deserted and	churches that	long for a	song

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Where	people once heard the	bells peal, all the	paintwork is peeled and	worn

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A village oh a village to belong to,	lead on sweet river lead	on

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There’s a gentle kind of living, still to be found, by the	side of these life giving	streams

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Where the quiet and stillness of morning, matches the	beauty the	night sky	brings

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And England, oh England, your beauty, so	ever and ever re	mains

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Where the streams run down to the rivers and the	rivers run down through your	plains

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