Songs

“Dirty Water” by The Standells. Composed by Ed Cobb. 1966 on Tower/ Capitol Records. Excerpt:

Yeah, down by the river
Down by the banks of the river Charles
(aw, that's what's happenin' baby)
That's where you'll find me
…Well I love that dirty water
Oh, Boston, you're my home

“Boat on the Charles” by Todd Rundgren. Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren, 1971.

Boat on the Charles
Bird on a wire outside my windowpane
It’s started to rain
Buses in line just seven blocks away

“River Hymn” by George Emlen, composer. Words based on a Navajo prayer. Composed for and sung annually at our RiverSing celebration to mark the autumnal equinox.

Now I walk in beauty. Beauty is before me.
Beauty is behind me, above me and below me.