The "Bab" Ballads: Much Sound and Little Sense |
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ALACK-A-DEY-AH ALICE ALICE BROWN BAB BALLADS BAINES CAREW beautiful Bishop blush bo'sun tight bogy Canonbury CAPTAIN BAGG captain bold CAPTAIN REECE captain's gig Chickeraboo CLONGLOCKETTY ANGUS MCCLAN cook CORALINE crew cried croquet curate dancing daughter dear elderly ELLEN McJONES ABERDEEN ELVIRA Especially ELLEN McJONES exclaimed eyes father FREDDY friends ghost girl goblin GREEN AND HARRIET hair HANCE HARRIET HALE HASH BAZ HOOPER HOPLEY PORTER horrible incredible tale JOHN kings knew little maid London LORENZO DE LARDY loved maiden marry MARTIN TUPPER midshipmite MISTER mother Nancy brig never p'r'aps PECKHAM RYE PETER pibrochs PIERRE play poor Poor rich pretty PRIVATE JAMES remark you'll sum Rum-ti-Foo Saracen Sassenach SAUCE MAYONNAISE sigh smiled sneer soul tale Of THOMSON tell THOMSON GREEN thou TIPPY-WIPPITY TOL-THE-ROL-LOO TOOTLE-TUM-TEH TROUBADOUR TUPPER twaddle twaddle twaddle W. S. GILBERT weep wife winked winkles worthy young