From Students' Songs: Comprising the Newest and Most Popular College Songs... edited by William Henry Hills (Cambridge, Mass.: Moses King, 1885), page 52:


THE MAID OF YORK BEACH.

1. Oh, sometime to come, I remember it well,
Ting! ting!
'Way down on York Beach a maiden did dwell.
Ting! ting!
She dwelt with her father and mother serene.
Her age it was red, and her hair was nineteen.
Ting-a-ting! ting! ting! ting! ting! ting! Ting-a-ting! ting!

2. Now close to this maiden her lover did dwell.
Ting! ting!
He was cross-legged in both eyes, and knock-kneed as well.
Ting! ting!
Said he, "Fly with me by the light of yon star,
For you are the eye of my apple, you are!"
Ting-a-ting! ting! etc.

3. She answered him simply, "My heart knows no fear.
Ting! ting!
See the passion I feel by this glittering tear.
Ting! ting!
Let us de-part to-night, ere my father discerns
The love of the fervor that in each of us burns."
Ting-a-ting! ting! etc.

4. Now when the old par-i-ent heard of the raid,
Ting! ting!
He quickly did open the knife of his blade,
Ting! ting!
And went with his throat at the lover's fond steel,
Saying, "I'll cure you both of this 'passion you feel.' "
Ting-a-ting! ting! etc.

5. Now this lover sank down, and reposed in his gore,
Ting! Ting!
And the fond maiden's fair tears availed her no more!
Ting! ting!
What a tragedy, now, for a maiden so fair,
Whose age it was red, and nineteen was her hair!
Tiug-a-ting! ting! etc.