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.

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They’ve pulled our town about a bit

There are no decent shops

But walks along the riverside

Make up for such a lot.

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Boats along the river

Or bobbing in the lock

People come from miles around

To see what we have got.

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It was so for generations

As a famous painting shows

A place of recreation

Where Londoners would go.

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And yet we can escape the crowds

Walk further up its banks

Enjoy the ducks and river life

And quietly say our thanks.

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And neighbouring towns and villages

Are just as nice as this

Nestled on the riverside

Are sights you shouldn’t miss.

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Majestic Windsor Castle

Or Henley’s rowing eights

The bustling town of Marlow:

Cliveden, Maidenhead.

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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’.