I’m sitting in this style, Mary,
The bathman by my side;
And if you saw me now, Mary,
You would not be my bride;
They call this hatching health, Mary,
I cannot tell you why;
There’s water to my waist, Mary,
And water in each eye.
From Health and Pleasure, or Malvern Punch, by J. B, Oddfish. London: Simpkin Marshall & Co., 1865. The same amusing little work contains parodies of the following songs:—“Still so Gently;” “Kiss me quick, and go my Honey;” “The Storm” (Cease Rude Boreas); and a long one on “We’re a ’Noddin,” entitled “We’re all Pressing.” These Songs are explanatory of the treatment adopted at the various Hydropathic Establishments in Malvern.