 | 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,... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1901 - 350 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,... | |
 | Thomas William Hodgson Crosland - 1902 - 376 pages
...through the sea, The burthen of my song shall be — Blow high, blow low. THE JOLLY YOUNG WATERMAN AND did you not hear of a jolly young Waterman, Who at Blackfriars Bridge us'd for to ply, And he feather'd his oars with such skill and dexterity, Winning each heart... | |
 | John Thomas Smith - 1905 - 496 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 used for to ply ; And he feathered his oars with such skill and dexterity, Winning each heart,... | |
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They raised them out of the water, not edgeways, but with the flat part, or blade, horizontal, as you would raise a spoonful of any liquid. The use of this, as Harry perceived, was to diminish the resistance of the air against the oars, as they were moved... 
