On the way to Kew
By the river old and gray
Where in the Long Ago
We laughed and loitered so
I met a ghost today
A ghost that told of you –
A ghost of low replies
And sweet, inscrutable eyes
Coming up from Richmond
As you used to do
By the river old and gray
The enchanted Long Ago
Murmured and smiled anew
On the way to Kew
March had the laugh of May
The bare boughs looked aglow
And old, immortal words
Sang in my breast like birds
Coming up from Richmond
As I used to do
With the life of Long ago
Lived my thought of you
By the river old and gray
Flowing his appointed way
As I watched I knеw what is so good
To know: Not in vain, not in vain
Shall I look for you again
Coming up from Richmond
On the way to Kew
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George Butterworth Lyrics – On the Way to Kew