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Fifty Bab Ballads

Fifty Bab Ballads

by W. S. Gilbert

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Author
Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911
Title
Fifty "Bab" Ballads: Much Sound and Little Sense
Credits
Transcribed from the 1884 George Routledge and Sons editions by David Price
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Humorous poetry, English
Category
Text
eBook-No.
757
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/757
Release Date
December 1, 1996
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.FIFTY “BAB” BALLADS Much Sound and Little Sense
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.CAPTAIN REECE.
  5. 5.THE RIVAL CURATES.
  6. 6.ONLY A DANCING GIRL.
  7. 7.TO A LITTLE MAID By a Policeman .
  8. 8.THE TROUBADOUR.
  9. 9.FERDINANDO AND ELVIRA; Or , the Gentle Pieman . — PART I.
  10. 10.PART II.
  11. 11.TO MY BRIDE (WHOEVER SHE MAY BE.)
  12. 12.SIR MACKLIN.
  13. 13.THE YARN OF THE “NANCY BELL.” [44]
  14. 14.THE BISHOP OF RUM-TI-FOO.
  15. 15.THE PRECOCIOUS BABY. A VERY TRUE TALE.
  16. 16.TO PHŒBE. [59]
  17. 17.BAINES CAREW, GENTLEMAN.
  18. 18.THOMAS WINTERBOTTOM HANCE.
  19. 19.A DISCONTENTED SUGAR BROKER.
  20. 20.THE PANTOMIME “SUPER” TO HIS MASK.
  21. 21.THE GHOST, THE GALLANT, THE GAEL, AND THE GOBLIN.
  22. 22.THE PHANTOM CURATE. A FABLE.
  23. 23.KING BORRIA BUNGALEE BOO.
  24. 24.BOB POLTER.
  25. 25.THE STORY OF PRINCE AGIB.
  26. 26.ELLEN M c JONES ABERDEEN.
  27. 27.PETER THE WAG.
  28. 28.TO THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE. BY A MISERABLE WRETCH.
  29. 29.GENTLE ALICE BROWN.
  30. 30.MISTER WILLIAM.
  31. 31.THE BUMBOAT WOMAN’S STORY.
  32. 32.LOST MR. BLAKE.
  33. 33.THE BABY’S VENGEANCE.
  34. 34.THE CAPTAIN AND THE MERMAIDS.
  35. 35.ANNIE PROTHEROE. A LEGEND OF STRATFORD-LE-BOW.
  36. 36.AN UNFORTUNATE LIKENESS.
  37. 37.THE KING OF CANOODLE-DUM.
  38. 38.THE MARTINET.
  39. 39.THE SAILOR BOY TO HIS LASS.
  40. 40.THE REVEREND SIMON MAGUS.
  41. 41.MY DREAM.
  42. 42.THE BISHOP OF RUM-TI-FOO AGAIN.
  43. 43.THE HAUGHTY ACTOR.
  44. 44.THE TWO MAJORS.
  45. 45.EMILY, JOHN, JAMES, AND I. A DERBY LEGEND.
  46. 46.THE PERILS OF INVISIBILITY.
  47. 47.THE MYSTIC SELVAGEE.
  48. 48.PHRENOLOGY.
  49. 49.THE FAIRY CURATE.
  50. 50.THE WAY OF WOOING.
  51. 51.HONGREE AND MAHRY. A RECOLLECTION OF A SURREY MELODRAMA.
  52. 52.ETIQUETTE. [243]
  53. 53.AT A PANTOMIME. BY A BILIOUS ONE.
  54. 54.HAUNTED.
  55. 55.FOOTNOTES

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