The Bab Ballads with which are Included Songs of a Savoyard |
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Common terms and phrases
Bab Ballads bard beautiful Bishop blush buzz CAPTAIN CLEGGS CAPTAIN REECE captain's gig crew curate dance daughter dear doubt dress Duke EMILY exclaimed eyes face fairy friends gentle ghost girl Gondolier grew hair happy head heard heart Heighdy Here's Love HONGREE Hot Cross Bun House of Peers humble JANE joke kind King knew lady laugh LIEUTENANT BELAYE lived look LORD M'CLAN maid maiden marry MATILDA merry merry maiden mind never night o'er object all sublime Old PETER p'raps PETER GRAY Phrenology play poor pray pretty round Rum-ti-foo sailor Sassenach sighed sing smile sneer SOMERS song sorrow soul Sub-Lieutenant of Chassoores tear teetotum tell There's thing THOMSON GREEN thou thought titwillow told trepan true twaddle twaddle twaddle W. S. GILBERT wife willow waly worthy young youth
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