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TWICKENHAM FERRY, by                    
First Line: Ahoy! And o-ho! And it's who's for the ferry?'
Last Line: There's danger in crossing to twickenham town.
Alternate Author Name(s): Marzials, Theo; Marzials, Theophile Jules Henri
Variant Title(s): A Verse From A Song, Once Painted On A Board At Twickenham
Subject(s): Ferry Boats; Love; Moon; Twickenham, England


"Ahoy! and O-ho! and it's who's for the ferry?"
(The briar's in bud and the sun going down)
"And I'll row ye so quick and I'll row ye so steady,
And 'tis but a penny to Twickenham Town."
The ferryman's slim and the ferryman's young,
With just a soft tang in the turn of his tongue;
And he's fresh as a pippin and brown as a berry,
And 't is but a penny to Twickenham Town.

"Ahoy! and O-ho! and it's I'm for the ferry,"
(The briar's in bud and the sun going down)
"And it's late as it is and I haven't a penny --
Oh! how can I get me to Twickenham Town?"
She'd a rose in her bonnet, and oh! she look'd sweet
As the little pink flower that grows in the wheat,
With her cheeks like a rose and her lips like a cherry --
"It's sure but you're welcome to Twickenham Town."

"Ahoy! and O-ho!" -- You're too late for the ferry,
(The briar's in bud and the sun has gone down)
And he's not rowing quick and he's not rowing steady;
It seems quite a journey to Twickenham Town.
"Ahoy! and O-ho!" you may call as you will;
The young moon is rising o'er Petersham Hill;
And, with Love like a rose in the stern of the wherry,
There's danger in crossing to Twickenham Town.





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