The River lyrics

The river was flanked by lush verdant banks

Where willows wept into the stream

The sun's golden rays formed a radiant haze

And Mole stood as if in a dream

For never before had he seen such a sight -

His eyes shone with rapture and awe and delight

His heart filled with wonder and try as he might

He couldn't tear his gaze away

For all was a-chatter, a-chuckle and chase

And all was a-gurgle, a-rustle and swirl

And all was a-glitter, a-glint and a-gleam

This wonderful watery world

Quite gone from his mind was his home left behind -

That mean little underground dwelling

"Why should I" thought Mole "want to live in a hole

When to live here is joy beyond telling?"

The river had captured him body and soul

And with a compulsion beyond his control

He knew from that moment he had but one goal -

To dwell there for all of his days

For all was a-chatter, a-chuckle and chase

And all was a-gurgle, a-rustle and swirl

And all was a-glitter, a-glint and a-gleam

This wonderful watery world

So Mole sat and gazed in a rapturous daze

At the chattering, bubbling stream

At the grayling and trout, minnow darting about

At the roach and the dace and the bream

And the tall willows weeping like wives at a wake

And the water weed waving like sinuous snakes

And the ducks all a-dabbling and the proud, handsome drakes

And he felt as though he had come home

For all was a-chatter, a-chuckle and chase

And all was a-gurgle, a-rustle and swirl

And all was a-glitter, a-glint and a-gleam

This wonderful watery world

This wonderful watery world