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Thread #79962   Message #1453231
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
05-Apr-05 - 10:28 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Sweet Thames Flow Softly (Ewan MacColl)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Sweet Thames River flow Softly
Note that the DT text contains mistakes, as has been pointed out before. "Lighthouse" was presumably a duff guess for "Limehouse" made by someone who didn't know London. There are probably other mishearings.

Search tip: don't rely on what you think is the full name. In this case, there is no "river" in the song title. The river itself is either "Thames" or "river Thames"; never "Thames river".