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The song is indulging in wishful thinking. It is extremely unlikely that women would have bathed naked as late as 1860

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Dining aboard the steamer suggests that the hero travelled from London to Margate by steamer - rather that railway which reached Margate in 1863 [i] - The food and drink served on steamers was substantial. Reference [i] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate_railway_station
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The references to trade and to a weeks stay in Margate suggests that the hero is relatively wealthy - someone of the 'middling sort'

  1. [Note 295.4]
  2. [Note 295.5]
  3. [134Notation]
  4. [Note 091.1]

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