The lads of the ocean sung with the greatest applause by Mr. Taylor, of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden. Written by J. Ashley of Bath, author of the Bundle of Proverbs, Origin of Old Bachelors, &c. [graphic][22 July 1805]eng"Jolly young sailors drink, seated on gun-carriages, &c., the guns projecting through port-holes. One smokes, standing by a powder-barrel. The six verses celebrate the First of June, Cape St. Vincent, Camperdown, 'The Great deeds of Nelson', referring to his death."--British Museum online catalogueTitle from caption above verses engraved on second plate. Imprint and image on plate above. Both plates contribute to one coherent design.Attribution engraved above design: The music publish'd by Bland & Weller, 23 Oxford Street.Six numbered stanzas of verse below title: Some folks sing of the island, and quaver on dry land ...Upper plate with design is numbered '398' in lower left corner.Number 398 in the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls.Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides, partially trimmed series number.