The Bab Ballads

Contents:

Captain Reece	Of all the ships upon the blue, No ship contained a better crew
The Rival Curates	List while the poet trolls Of Mr. Clayton Hooper,
Only A Dancing Girl	Only a dancing girl, With an unromantic style,
General John	The bravest names for fire and flames And all that mortal durst,
To A Little Maid - By A Policeman	Come with me, little maid, Nay, shrink not, thus afraid --
John And Freddy	John courted lovely Mary Ann, So likewise did his brother, Freddy.
Sir Guy The Crusader	Sir Guy was a doughty crusader, A muscular knight,
Haunted	Haunted? Ay, in a social way By a body of ghosts in dread array;
The Bishop And The `Busman	It was a Bishop bold, And London was his see,
The Troubadour	A Troubadour he played Without a castle wall,
Ferdinando And Elvira; Or, The Gentle Pieman	At a pleasant evening party I had taken down to supper One whom I will call Elvira, and we talked of love and Tupper,
Lorenzo De Lardy	Dalilah de Dardy adored The very correctest of cards,
Disillusioned	Oh, that my soul its gods could see As years ago they seemed to me
Babette's Love	Babette she was a fisher gal, With jupon striped and cap in crimps.
To My Bride	Oh! little maid! -- (I do not know your name Or who you are, so, as a safe precaution
The Folly Of Brown - By A General Agent	I knew a boor -- a clownish card (His only friends were pigs and cows and
Sir Macklin	Of all the youths I ever saw None were so wicked, vain, or silly,
The Yarn Of The "Nancy Bell"	'Twas on the shores that round our coast From Deal to Ramsgate span,
The Bishop Of Rum-Ti-Foo	From east and south the holy clan Of Bishops gathered to a man;
The Precocious Baby. A Very True Tale	An elderly person -- a prophet by trade -- With his quips and tips
To Phoebe	"Gentle, modest little flower, Sweet epitome of May,
Baines Carew, Gentleman	Of all the good attorneys who Have placed their names upon the roll,
Thomas Winterbottom Hance	In all the towns and cities fair On Merry England's broad expanse,
The Reverend Micah Sowls	The Reverend , He shouts and yells and howls,
A Discontented Sugar Broker	A Gentleman of City fame Now claims your kind attention;
The Pantomime "Super" To His Mask	Vast empty shell! Impertinent, preposterous abortion!
The Force Of Argument	Lord B. was a nobleman bold Who came of illustrious stocks,
The Ghost, The Gallant, The Gael, And The Goblin	O'er unreclaimed suburban clays Some years ago were hobblin'
The Phantom Curate. A Fable	A Bishop once -- I will not name his see -- Annoyed his clergy in the mode conventional;
The Sensation Captain	No nobler captain ever trod Than Captain Parklebury Todd,
Tempora Mutantur	Letters, letters, letters, letters! Some that please and some that bore,
At A Pantomime.	An Actor sits in doubtful gloom, His stock-in-trade unfurled,
King Borria Bungalee Boo	King Borria Bungalee Boo Was a man-eating African swell;
The Periwinkle Girl	I've often thought that headstrong youths Of decent education,
Thomson Green And Harriet Hale	Oh list to this incredible tale Of Thomson Green and Harriet Hale;
Bob Polter	Bob Polter was a navvy, and His hands were coarse, and dirty too,
The Story Of Prince Agib	Strike the concertina's melancholy string! Blow the spirit-stirring harp like anything!
Ellen M'Jones Aberdeen	MacPhairson Clonglocketty Angus McClan Was the son of an elderly labouring man;
Peter The Wag	Policeman Peter forth I drag From his obscure retreat:
Ben Allah Achmet	I once did know a Turkish man Whom I upon a two-pair-back met,
Joe Golightly	A tar, but poorly prized, Long, shambling, and unsightly,
To The Terrestrial Globe.	Roll on, thou ball, roll on! Through pathless realms of Space
Gentle Alice Brown	It was a robber's daughter, and her name was Alice Brown, Her father was the terror of a small Italian town;

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