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 а 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