Mirth and Metre consisting of Poems, Serious, Humorous, and Satirical; Songs, Sonnets, Ballads & Bagatelles. Written by C. Dibdin, Jun |
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TIPPLING WATERMAN. |
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TIPPLING WATERMAN.
I a tippling Waterman am, I declare,
And I drink like a fish, all the people they swear,
But against such a charge I beg leave to cry quarter,
For, d—m it, your fishes drink nothing but water;
Whole gallons I swig, 'till distilling apace,
In pints and in quarts they come out on my face.
Fol lol!
And I drink like a fish, all the people they swear,
But against such a charge I beg leave to cry quarter,
For, d—m it, your fishes drink nothing but water;
Whole gallons I swig, 'till distilling apace,
In pints and in quarts they come out on my face.
Fol lol!
As a Waterman, when I see liquor afloat,
Is it strange that I wish to “row in the same boat?”
Or 'tween England and France, as I carry each rover,
Is't less so I now and then get “half seas over.”
Your fresh water sailors my plan may decry,
But salt water makes one so monstrously dry.
Is it strange that I wish to “row in the same boat?”
Or 'tween England and France, as I carry each rover,
Is't less so I now and then get “half seas over.”
Your fresh water sailors my plan may decry,
But salt water makes one so monstrously dry.
Another reason, why for drinking I wish,
Is, my mother she long'd for a bottle-nos'd fish;
Then my wife loves a drop, and you'll own, if you've candour,
“What's good for the goose, must be good for the gander;”
In defence of my cause, I've another good stay,
You know that a Waterman should pull away;
Fol lol.
Is, my mother she long'd for a bottle-nos'd fish;
Then my wife loves a drop, and you'll own, if you've candour,
“What's good for the goose, must be good for the gander;”
In defence of my cause, I've another good stay,
You know that a Waterman should pull away;
Fol lol.
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