Flyer depicting the Blackfriars Bridge over the River Thames in London (United Kingdom)

I'm wandering round and round, nowhere to go
I'm lonely in London and London is lonely so
I cross the streets without fear
Everybody keeps the way clear
I know, I know no one here to say hello
I know they keep the way clear
I am lonely in London without fear
I'm wandering round and round here nowhere to go

Beginning of London, London

Song by Caetano Veloso

Ancient London Bridge crossing River Thames in London (United Kingdom)

London Bridge is falling down,
Falling down, falling down,
London Bridge is falling down,
My fair Lady.

Build it up with wood and clay,
Wood and clay, wood and clay,
Build it up with wood and clay,
My fair Lady.

Wood and clay will wash away,
Wash away, wash away,
Wood and clay will wash away,
My fair Lady.

English nursery rhyme

Painting of Westminster Bridge over the River Thames in London (United Kingdom)

"It is difficult to speak adequately or justly of London. It is not a pleasant place; it is not agreeable, or cheerful, or easy, or exempt from reproach. It is only magnificent."

Henry James

Tower Bridge over the Thames River in London (United Kingdom)

"Until this very instant I'd had absolutely no idea that, of course, Tower Bridge would be there. It was easy enough to fly over it, but the idea of flying through the spans suddenly struck me. I had just ten seconds to grapple with the seductive proposition which few ground attack pilots of any nationality could have resisted. My brain started racing to reach a decision. Years of fast low-level strike flying made the decision simple . ." 

Alan Pollok, RAF pilot who flew his Hawker under the Tower Bridge

Lambeth Bridge crossing the River Thames in London (United Kingdom)

Dear River Thames,

You keep moving along,

Not knowing where you're going,

Or where you've come from.

Your head's in the valley,

Your feet in the sea,

Dear River Thames,

Stay a while, stay a while,

Listen to me.

Song Dear River Thames

Ralph McTell

Westminster Bridge over River Thames in London (United Kingdom)

At windows that from Westminster
Look southward to the Lollard's Tower,
She sat, my lovely friend. A blur
Of gilded mist, — ('twas morn's first hour,)-
Made vague the world : and in the gleam
Shivered the half-awakened stream.

From the poem Riddle of the Thames

William Watson