The Thames uncased, or, The watermans song upon the thaw to the tune of Hey boys up go we. 1684 Approx. 9 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2007-01 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A64469 Wing T834 ESTC R2548 11950384 ocm 11950384 51392

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The THAMES Uncas'd: OR, The Watermans Song upon the Thaw, To the Tune of Hey Boys up go we. 1. COme, ye merry men all Of Watermans-hall, Let's hoiſt out our Boats and careen; The Thames it does melt, And the Cold is ſcarce felt, Not an Iſicle's now to be ſeen. Let's pull down each Skull That hung up in Hall, Like Weapon ſo ruſty, and row: Let's cheerly fall to't, If we've not forgot; For the Froſt is over now. 2. Let's ſet up our Maſts That ſtood like Poſts, As Props to our Tents on the Thames, Or Signe-poſts made, With an Antient diſplai'd, While our Oars were the great Croſs-beams. Let's hoiſe up our Sail That was a ſide-Vail To hide Doll when with Brandy ſhe'd glow; Or a Roof compos'd, You might elſe have been froz'd, Though the Froſt be over now. 3. We'll no longer ſtand With a Tapſters hand, With the Spigot in hand for an Oar, Crying out, Our Trade is cold, Here's four gallons in hold, I have drawn out but half my ſtore. Prithee Lads ſtand to't, And help pump it out, That the Veſſel once more may flow: Then come again With a thirſty Train; But the Froſt is over now. 4. Let's tune our Throats To our uſual Notes Of Twitnam, Richmond, hey; Sir, Skuller, Sir? Oars, Sir? Loudly roar, Sir, Here's Dick, Sir, you won't paſs him by? Inſtead of good Ale, And Brandy-wine ſtale, Let's cry out, Weſtward hoe. Shall we Moreclack make, Or for Brandford tack, For the Froſt is over now? 5. We'll take no Boat That once did float, And ſervice good had done, And on his Keel Clap Sledge for heel, And inforce him like Traytor to run: So to make him appear Like a China Carr, With a tawdry painted Prow, And a tire or more Of Potguns four: For the Froſt is over now. 6. Let's call in our men, Leſt forty to ten, From ſuch a long Vacation, And converſe oft With the looſe and ſoft Landlopers of the Nation. They reſty prove, Or fall in love With Jenny's cole-black Brow; And then no more On the Seas will roar: Though the Froſt be over now. 7. For ſome were led Odde Paths to tread, And bear the Waters on Their brawny backs, Who with flying Jacks Have triumph'd thereupon; Or to get Chink, To carry Link, Though 'twas out of their Element O; And in the night Cry, Have a Light, Though the Froſt is over now. 8. Others there were On Icy Sphere, Wheel'd Mortals in a Round That us'd to tack, And Angles make, That Port it might be found: Or on the Main A Voyage gain By Equinoctial Bow, And Haven got, Drink off their Pot; But the Froſt is over now. 9. They us'd to ſtare On Northern Bear; But now on Earthly Bull They turn their looks Quite off the hooks, And on the Cauſe look dull. Us'd to ſurvey The Dog-Star, they No other Whelps allow To bark and ball Within Ken o'th' Hall; But the Froſt is over now. 10. Had Thames been thaw'd, And Whale had tow'd Himſelf up by his Fin, They all had then, E'en as one man, Have hoop'd and hoop'd agen. Their Anchors ſhook, And ſpread with Hook, And made him ſtoop full low; T'other rural ſport They care not for't; But the Froſt is over now. 11. The Dutch that in great Large ſhoals us'd to meet, And clapt their crook'd Scates on their foot, Now no more dare appear To make folken ſtare. While on the ſmooth Surface they float. They betaken each man To their Butter and Kan, And by their ſide have their Ufroe; Their Cabbadge they boil, And eat Herring with Oil: For the Froſt is over now. 12. The Sledges load Shall no more defraud The Boat of its Cargo large; From Southwark-Strand, We again may land Coals, ſo may the Weſtern Barge. Shall we that have gone To Newcaſtle each one, Let the Carmen over us crow? No, no, my Boys, We'll renew our Joys, For the Froſt is over now. 13. Nor ſhall Hackney-Coach, Where Whores do debauch, Upon our Thames now run; They have plow'd her Face, And nigh ſpoil'd her Grace, Where the Froſt-nail'd Horſe has gone. Nor ſhall they ball, To Weſtminſter-hall Will your gowned Worſhip go? We wept in deſpite While the Rogues went tight; But the Froſt is over now. 14. The Town too's gone That they waited on, And the People flock'd to ſee: It fled in one night Quite out of our ſight, As the Caſtles enchanted that be; While Country Squire Whom Journey might tire, With watry eyes cannot view The Street a long way That he came to ſurvey; For the Froſt is over now. 15. Not a Horn can he buy, Nor an Earthen-ware-toy, His Wife or his Children to cheer: Since Iſis does turn Her watry Urn, All the Pitchers are march'd off here. Nay, on the Thames wide There remains not a Slide On which he may whisk to and fro: He returns as he came, To his Country Dame, For the Froſt is over now. 16. We're freed now each Mate From the Care and Debate That attended us all ſo long, To determine Affairs Betwixt the two Stairs, Down which all the People throng. If you come once again, Take ſome other men, For the weight of it makes us to bow: E'en determine't your ſelves, For your're quarrelſom Elves, And the Froſt is over now. 17. What a Pox made you meet To come here to cheat We Watermen of our Gain? Had ye kept in your Furs, We had voided theſe Stirs, And you of cold the pain. But to get your Coin You'd up to the Loin, Though your Arſe ſhould never thaw: Go get to your homes, And make whole your Bums, Since the Froſt is over now. 18. Mean time, if ought Of Honour you've got, Let the Printers have their due, Who printed your Names On the River Thames, While their hands with the cold look'd blue: There's mine, there's thine, Will for Ages ſhine, Now the Thames aloft does flow; Then let's gang hence To our Boats commence, For the Froſt is over now.

LONDON: Printed for the Author, and ſold by J. Norris at the Kings-Arms without Temple-bar. 1684.