The 'Bab' ballads, with illustr. by the author, Issue 95 |
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... smile his lance , His shield a tear of sadness . His Vicar smiled to see This armour on him buckled : With pardonable glee He blessed himself and chuckled . Bab " In mildness to abound My curate's sole design IO THE BAB BALLADS . The ...
... smile his lance , His shield a tear of sadness . His Vicar smiled to see This armour on him buckled : With pardonable glee He blessed himself and chuckled . Bab " In mildness to abound My curate's sole design IO THE BAB BALLADS . The ...
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... smile , With many a hackneyed wile , With ungrammatical lips , And corns that mar her trips ! Hung from the " flies " in air , She. ONLY A DANCING GIRL . " No truly great or generous cove Deserving of them. 16 THE BAB BALLADS . Only a ...
... smile , With many a hackneyed wile , With ungrammatical lips , And corns that mar her trips ! Hung from the " flies " in air , She. ONLY A DANCING GIRL . " No truly great or generous cove Deserving of them. 16 THE BAB BALLADS . Only a ...
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... smile- A man all poesy and buzzem . Now FREDDY's operatic pas- Now JOHNNY's hornpipe seems entrapping : Now FREDDY's graceful entrechats- Now JOHNNY's skilful " cellar - flapping . " For many hours - for many days- For many weeks ...
... smile- A man all poesy and buzzem . Now FREDDY's operatic pas- Now JOHNNY's hornpipe seems entrapping : Now FREDDY's graceful entrechats- Now JOHNNY's skilful " cellar - flapping . " For many hours - for many days- For many weeks ...
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... Fulham town , both up and down , And loudly thus he cried : - " His name is HASH BAZ BEN , And JEDEDIAH too , And SOLOMON and ZABULON— This bus - directing Jew . " ஆ At first the busman smiled , And rather liked the 36 THE BAB BALLADS .
... Fulham town , both up and down , And loudly thus he cried : - " His name is HASH BAZ BEN , And JEDEDIAH too , And SOLOMON and ZABULON— This bus - directing Jew . " ஆ At first the busman smiled , And rather liked the 36 THE BAB BALLADS .
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sir William Schwenck Gilbert. At first the busman smiled , And rather liked the fun- He merely smiled , that Hebrew child , And said , " Eccentric one ! " And gay young dogs would wait To see the bus go by , ( These gay young dogs , in ...
sir William Schwenck Gilbert. At first the busman smiled , And rather liked the fun- He merely smiled , that Hebrew child , And said , " Eccentric one ! " And gay young dogs would wait To see the bus go by , ( These gay young dogs , in ...
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ALACK-A-DEY-AH BAB BALLADS BABETTE BAINES CAREW beautiful Bishop blushed bo'sun bo'sun tight BORRIA BUNGALEE BOO BROWN Canonbury CAPTAIN BAGG captain bold captain's gig cook CORALINE crew cried curate DALILAH dancing daughter days Cream dear DOH-REH-MI-FAH elderly ELLEN McJONES ABERDEEN ELVIRA Especially ELLEN McJONES exclaimed eyes FREDDY friends ghost girl goblin GREEN AND HARRIET hair HANCE HARRIET HALE HOOPER HOPLEY PORTER horrible incredible tale JOHN little TOOTLE-TUM-TEH LORD LARDY LORENZO DE LARDY loved maiden marry MAYONNAISE midshipmite MISTER mother Nancy brig neat little TITTY-FOL-LEH never p'r'aps PECKHAM RYE PETER PIERRE pretty PRIVATE JAMES remark you'll sum Rum-ti-Foo Sassenach SAUCE MAYONNAISE sighed smiled sneer soul tale Of THOMSON tell THOMSON GREEN thou TORBAY TUPPER twaddle twaddle twaddle twaddle twaddle twum Unholy songs Vol au vent W. S. GILBERT weep wife win my love winked winkles wotch
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Page 68 - Come here,' says he, with a proper pride, Which his smiling features tell, ' 'Twill soothing be if I let you see How extremely nice you'll smell.' "And he stirred it round and round and round, And he sniffed at the foaming froth; When I ups with his heels, and smothers his squeals In the scum of the boiling broth. "And...
Page 66 - Oh, elderly man, it's little I know Of the duties of men of the sea, And I'll eat my hand if I understand How you can possibly be "At once a cook, and a captain bold, And the mate of the Nancy brig, And a bo'sun tight, and a midshipmite, And the crew of the captain's gig.
Page 128 - ABERDEEN. It sorrowed poor PATTISON CORBY TORBAY To find them "take on" in this serious way, He pitied the poor little fluttering birds, And solaced their souls with the following words: — "Oh, maidens...
Page 67 - So we drawed a lot, and, accordin', shot The captain for our meal. "The next lot fell to the Nancy's mate, And a delicate dish he made; Then our appetite with the midshipmite We seven survivors stayed. "And then we murdered the bo'sun tight, And he much resembled pig; Then we wittled free, did the cook and me. On the crew of the captain's gig. "Then only the cook and me was left, And the delicate question, 'Which Of us two goes to the kettle?
Page 141 - The padre said, " Whatever have you been and gone and done ? " " I have helped mamma to steal a little kiddy from its dad, I've assisted dear papa in cutting up a little lad, I've planned a little burglary and forged a little cheque, And slain a little baby for the coral on its neck...
Page 139 - BROWN. IT was a robber's daughter, and her name was ALICE BROWN, Her father was the terror of a small Italian town; Her mother was a foolish, weak, but amiable old thing; But it isn't of her parents that I'm going for to sing. As ALICE was a-sitting at her window-sill one day, A beautiful young gentleman he chanced to pass that way; She cast her eyes upon him, and he looked so good and true, That she thought, "I could be happy with a gentleman like you!
Page 38 - ... Norway, Till at last I sank exhausted at a pastrycook his doorway. There were fuchsias and geraniums, and daffodils and myrtle, So I entered, and I ordered half a basin of mock turtle. He was plump and he was chubby, he was smooth and he was rosy, And his little wife was pretty, and particularly cozy.
Page 125 - No other could wake such detestable groans, With reed and with chaunter — with bag and with drones: All day and all night he delighted the chiels With sniggering pibrochs and jiggety reels. He'd clamber a mountain and squat on the ground, And the neighbouring maidens would gather around To list to his pipes and to gaze in his een, Especially Ellen McJones Aberdeen. All loved their McClan, save a Sassenach brute, Who came to the Highlands to fish and to shoot; He dressed himself up in a Highlander...
Page 142 - For shame," said Father Paul, " my erring daughter ! On my word This is the most distressing news that I have ever heard. Why, naughty girl, your excellent papa has pledged your hand To a promising young robber, the lieutenant of his band ! " This dreadful piece of news will pain your worthy parents...