Punch. March 24, 1883.
Too Jolly by Half.
Did you ever hear tell of the jolly young waterman,
Writ of by Dibdin and sung of by Reeves?
He has gone up aloft, but his grandson surviving him,
Though jollier still, no such homage receives.
Said this jolly young sprig from a jolly old waterman,
“Dear Mr. Bull, I can steer in a style
Such as no foreigner ever could rival yet;