And ’tis but a penny to Twickenham Town.”

The ferryman’s slim and the ferryman’s young,

And he’s just a soft twang 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.

O-hoi ye-ho, Ho-ye-ho, Ho-ye-ho, Ho.

2.

O-hoi ye-ho, Ho-ye-ho, I’m for the ferry,

The briars in bud, the sun going down,

And it’s late as it is, and I haven’t a penny,