News from the river of Thames to a pleasant new tune. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A52225 of text R33626 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing N1013A). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A52225 Wing N1013A ESTC R33626 13536180 ocm 13536180 100056 2240925844

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A52225) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 100056) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1553:12) News from the river of Thames to a pleasant new tune. 1 broadside : music. Printed on the frozen-Thames by the loyal young printers, viz. E. and A. Milbourn, S. Hinch, J. Mason, [London] : 1683. In verse. With music. Place of publication suggested by Wing. Reproduction of original in Harvard University Library. eng Ballads, English. eebo News from the river of Thames. To a pleasant new tune. [no entry] 1683 1 505 0 0 0 40 0 0 7920.79 F The rate of 7920.79 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2007-12 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-03 Sampled and proofread 2008-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
News from the River of Thames . To a Pleasant New Tune .

THE Winter is exceeding cold , poor People find it so ; I think there 's

neither young nor old , that e're the like did know : The famous Ri-ver

of the Thames , is now a High-way made ; And there is Booths and

Shops al-so , set up of ev'-ry Trade .

Now Lovers with their Sweet-hearts go , Unto the Frozen Fayr , Some Silver Presents to bestow ; On some , fine Chyna Ware . Roast Beef is likewise Plentiful ; And some Drink Brandy so , That how to speak a Word of sense By no means they do know . Now from the Temple there is Built , A pretty Street or Fayr , And there 's laid out good store of Guilt , In every sort of Ware . Coaches running up and down As if it were a Road : But this , the Labouring Watermen , Doth greatly discommode . The Gold-Smiths Shops well custom'd are , And Pewterers also ; Such an Icey-Frozen-Fayr The World did never know . There 's seeming Boats compos'd by Art , That slide on with a sayl ; And those that such Contrivance find , It doth them much Avail . Bull-Bayting , and Bear-Bayting too , Upon the Thames hath been ; The like before I tell to you By no man e're was seen : There 's Nine-Pins Plaid , and Pigin-holes , And many sports beside : There scarcely any Waterman Can tell how runs the Tide . The Bonny Watermen that us'd To cry , Where shall I Land ye ? With some Old Curtains make a Booth , And there sell Ale and Brandy . There 's Fidling , and there 's Dancing too ; The like was ner'e before ; A man can very hardly know The Water from the Shore . Slideing in Scates there you may see , To all mens Admiration , And England almost seems to be Like to another Nation . All things Topsie Turvy turn'd , As may be well Observ'd ; And many Poor that well have Liv'd , Half Famish't are , and Starv'd . Oh! That the Rich consider would The Poor now in distress , And call to mind how that ye should Not be so Pittyless . In God's good Time I hope we shall An alteration find ; Thus I do wish , God bless you all That bear an Honest Mind . God Prosper long our Soveraign KING And happy let Him be ; That all from Royal Race do Spring Live in Prosperity . Let Heavenly Power Protect YORK still , And keep him from his Foes ; Let them be crossed in their Will That no Allegiance knows .

Printed on the Frozen-Thames , by the Loyal Young Printers , viz. E. and A. Milbourn . S. Hinch . J. Mason . 1683.