Down by the river, foggy and grey,
Only a young girl kneeling to pray
Down in the water, muddy and cold,
Eyes red from crying A torn, ragged soul

Once so young and gay,
Once in dreams of yesterday

Down by the river, foggy and grey,
Only an old tramp shuffles his way
He saw that the water, that the water so wide
Held the young body of a love that had died

Once so young and fair
Once, and now despair

Down by the reeds, they found him next day,
Dead like the young girl, in the water so grey
That muddy old river took two of a kind,
A tramp and a young girl,
That love left behind