All of a water party that once sail’d upon a river, sir,
That is, they would have sailed on it, if there they’d chanced to get, sir;
But the rain came down in torrents, and the river was quite wet, sir!
Oh! dear, oh!
Now, wasn’t this a stop to all their row, row, row?
At Where-was-it this party was, and there, at many tea-tables,
The guests were gathered in a tent, intent upon the eatables;
That is, they would all have been out on the verdant grass, sir,
But al-fresco luncheons ain’t the thing when the rain comes in your glass, sir!
Oh! dear, oh! &c.