| 1788 - 402 pages
...mi. Oh, dear ! let's fee it. Tug. It's a foog, Mi&; I'll fing it to you, if you pleafs. AIR. 1, And did you not hear of a jolly young waterman. Who at Black-friars- Bridge us'd for to ply ; And he feather'd his oars with fuch drill and dexterity, Winning «aeh heart,... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 352 pages
...and amusing to Lucy; she listened to the sound of the oars, and watched the sparkling drops, banging from their edges, as the men lifted them from the...dexterity, Winning each heart and delighting each eye." E 2 As they rowed along, they saw a pretty villa on the banks of the river. Lucy suddenly started up... | |
| 1838 - 354 pages
...! let's see it ? Tug. It's a song, misa ; I'll sing it to you, if you please. AIR.— TOM TOG. And did you not hear of a jolly young waterman, Who at Blackfriars Bridge used for to ply ? He looked so neat, and rowed so steaddy, The maidens all flocked in his boat... | |
| Charles Dibdin - 1841 - 406 pages
...Polly would never receive me, So again I heav'd anchor — Yo, Yea ! THE JOLLY YOUNG WATERMAN. AND did you not hear of a jolly young waterman, Who at Blackfriars bridge used for to ply ? He feather'd his oars with such skill and dexterity, Winning each heart, and... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1842 - 414 pages
...their edges, as the men lifted them from the water. They raised them out of the water, not edgewise, but with the flat part, or blade, horizontal, as you...waterman, Who at Blackfriars used for to ply ? He feathered his oars with such skill and dexterity, Winning each heart and delighting each eye.' " As... | |
| John Thomas Smith - 1845 - 328 pages
...In this piece, Tom Tug, the hero,* is in love with a gardener's daughter, before whom he sings, And did you not hear of a jolly young waterman, Who at Blackfriars' Bridge us'd for to ply ; He feather*d his oars with such skill and dexterity, Winning each heart, and... | |
| Charles Dibdin - 1863 - 366 pages
...seeking, you'll certainly find it In the kind honest heart of a tar. THE. JOLLY YOUNG WATERMAN. ND did you not hear of a jolly young waterman, Who at Blackfriars' bridge used for to , . He feather'd his oars with such skill and dexterity, Winning each heart, and... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1887 - 416 pages
...unpolluted river, in a song often sung by John Braham, and still sung, I believe, by Mr. Sims Reeves. And did you not hear of a jolly young waterman "Who at Blackfriars Bridge used for to ply ? ****** What sights of fine folks he rowed in his wherry. "Twas cleaned out... | |
| Edward Arber - 1900 - 482 pages
...Hey diddle down ! Now, when shall we see such a Wedding in Town? SONGS FROM 'THE WATERMAN.' 1774. AND did you not hear of a jolly young Waterman, Who at Blackfriars Bridge used for to ply ? And he feathered his oars with such skill and dexterity, Winning each heart,... | |
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