Random discovery: the opening of The Lady of Shalott fits very well into the 1972 rock hit “Down by the River”

After some simple restructuring:

On either side the river lie Long fields of barley and of rye, That clothe the wold and meet the sky; Down by the river And up and down the people go, Gazing where the lilies blow Round an island there below, Down by the river Down by the river, down by the river And thro' the field the road runs by Down by the river

No further comments just thought it was fun!