The "Bab" Ballads: Much Sound and Little Sense |
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ALACK-A-DEY-AH ALICE ALICE BROWN BABETTE BAINES CAREW beautiful Bishop blush bo'sun tight bogy BORRIA BUNGALEE Boo Canonbury CAPTAIN BAGG captain bold CAPTAIN REECE captain's gig Chickeraboo cook CORALINE crew cried croquet curate dancing daughter dear DOODLE-DUM-DEY elderly ELLEN MCJONES ABERDEEN ELVIRA Especially ELLEN MCJONES exclaimed eyes father FREDDY friends Fulham ghost girl goblin GREEN and HARRIET hair HANCE HARRIET HALE HOOPER HOPLEY PORTER horrible incredible tale JOHN kings knew LORENZO DE LARDY loved maid 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 ROBBER BROWN Rum-ti-Foo Saracen Sassenach SAUCE MAYONNAISE sigh smiled sneer Soho soul tale Of THOMSON tell THOMSON GREEN thou TOOTLE-TUM-TEY TROUBADOUR TUPPER twaddle twaddle twaddle twaddle twaddle twum weep wife winked winkles worthy young