pronounce it “Tweek-en-am Town”
A popular ballad from 1878
Words and music by Theophilus Marzials
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Denese Coulbeck:
Lyrics
- ” A HOY ! 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 ’tis 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 looked 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.