I met her in the spring, though we both wanted different things
I said I’d be her pal, on the banks of the Blackburn canal

We walked through the park, as the summer sky grew dark
And there she said she would be my gal, on the banks of the Blackburn canal

Yes, I wanted it very much, when our tremblin’ lips did touch
And in my dreams they forever shall, on the banks of the Blackburn canal