What do you love about where you live?
To live beside the leafy Thames
Is what I love the best.
It lifts my spirits driving home
To catch a sight of this.
They’ve pulled our town about a bit
There are no decent shops
But walks along the riverside
Make up for such a lot.
Boats along the river
Or bobbing in the lock
People come from miles around
To see what we have got.
It was so for generations
As a famous painting shows
A place of recreation
Where Londoners would go.
And yet we can escape the crowds
Walk further up its banks
Enjoy the ducks and river life
And quietly say our thanks.
And neighbouring towns and villages
Are just as nice as this
Nestled on the riverside
Are sights you shouldn’t miss.
Majestic Windsor Castle
Or Henley’s rowing eights
The bustling town of Marlow:
Cliveden, Maidenhead.
Our town is far from perfect
There’s things I’d like to change
But I just love our riverside
Known as ‘the jewel in the Thames’.
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