Maybe it's Because I'm a Londoner
Hubert Gregg (1914-?)
Maybe it's Because I'm a Londoner
Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner by Hubert Gregg
London isn't everybody's cup of tea
Often you hear visitors complain
Noisy, smoky city but it seems to me
There's a magic in the fog and rain
Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner
That I love London so
Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner
That I think of her wherever I go
I get a funny feeling inside of me
Just walking up and down
Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner
That I love London so
People take to saying as the years go by
London isn't London anymore
People may be changing
But this town and I
We are even closer than before
Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner
That I love London so …
urbs mea Londini
omnibus urbs non grata: thea est non apta culullo:
adveniat quisquis, saepe querela sonat.
fumifera urbs mea, tu, raucissima: nonne iuvavit
bruma vapore tuo vel tuus imber aqua?
forsitan urbanus quia sum, mea summa voluptas,
urbs mea Londini, tu mihi cara manes,
quin in mente manes, terris quacumque pererro:
huc illuc spatior, suscitor intus ego.
'non est qualis erat.’ volucres sic turba per annos:
mutat turba; erit urbs carior usque mihi.
forsitan urbanus quia sum, mea summa voluptas,
urbs mea Londini, tu mihi cara manes.
Translation: Copyright © Timothy Adès