I was born on Paradise Row,
Agartown, 1844
Fell in love with Eliza Brown,
her daddy ran the Barnack store
And we went walking by the river She said she'd marry me for sure
We went walking by the river But the river don't run
The river don't run The river don't run no more
In 1864 my house came down The two small rooms that I'd grown up in
To build the Midland line from St
Pancras To some place I'd never been
And we went walking
by the river She said she'd marry me for sure
We went walking by the river But the river don't run
The river don't run The river don't run no more
And now Agartown isn't on any maps It's just noise and steel and din
And Eliza's father took a labouring job
She went away with him
And we went walking by the river She said she'd marry me for sure
We went walking
by the river But the river don't run
The river don't run The river don't run no more
In 1888,
well I went back To try and find old Paradise Row
And there was Eliza Brown with a tear in her eye
She said I never wanted to go
And we went walking by the river
She said she'd marry me for sure
We went walking
by the river
But the river don't run The river
don't run The river don't run no more