Verse 1

Down by the river where willows bend low,

Where lilies drift gently and summer winds blow,

She dances through water, her sails catching light,

Vanessa the graceful, so swift in her flight.

Verse 2

Ladies with parasols stroll on the shore,

In dresses of lace from a long time before,

They pause in the shade just to watch her go by,

A wisp on the water, a swan in the sky.

Chorus

🎵 Oh Vanessa, Lady of the Thames,

Gliding like moonlight through whispering stems.

Born of an age when the river wore gold,

You sail with the stories the old boatmen told. 🎵

Verse 3

Brushed by the breeze and the hush of the trees,

She slips through the shallows with effortless ease.

Past regatta flags and the toll of the bell,

Where echoes of laughter and summers still dwell.

Chorus

🎵 Oh Vanessa, Lady of the Thames,

Crowned in the shimmer where sunlight condemns.

Queen of the river, in mahogany dressed,

She races the wind with a calm in her breast. 🎵

(Optional Bridge – slow, wistful)

Each timber remembers the touch of the rain,

The cheers and the silence, the glory, the strain.

Yet still she returns when the blossoms unfold,

Her pennant a whisper of stories retold.

Final Chorus

🎵 Oh Vanessa, Lady of the Thames,

Glory restored at the river’s green hems.

Long may you wander, proud sails in the sun,

Forever in beauty, forever to run. 🎵