The Bab Ballads

About this eBook

Author

Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911

Title

The Bab Ballads, with Which Are Included Songs of a Savoyard

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Jwala Kumar Sista, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Songs, English -- Texts

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 54452

Release Date

March 28, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Bab Ballads
2. 2.CAPTAIN REECE — THE DARNED MOUNSEER — THE RIVAL CURATES — THE ENGLISHMAN — ONLY A DANCING GIRL — THE DISAGREEABLE MAN — GENERAL JOHN — THE COMING BY-AND-BY — TO A LITTLE MAID — BY A POLICEMAN — THE HIGHLY RESPECTABLE GONDOLIER — JOHN AND FREDDY — THE FAIRY QUEEN'S SONG — SIR GUY THE CRUSADER — IS LIFE A BOON — HAUNTED — THE MODERN MAJOR-GENERAL — THE BISHOP AND THE 'BUSMAN — THE HEAVY DRAGOON — THE TROUBADOUR — PROPER PRIDE — FERDINANDO AND ELVIRA OR, THE GENTLE PIEMAN — PART I — PART II — THE POLICEMAN'S LOT — LORENZO DE LARDY — THE BAFFLED GRUMBLER — DISILLUSIONED — BY AN EX-ENTHUSIAST — THE HOUSE OF PEERS — BABETTE'S LOVE — A MERRY MADRIGAL — TO MY BRIDE — (WHOEVER SHE MAY BE) — THE DUKE AND THE DUCHESS — THE FOLLY OF BROWN — By a General Agent — EHEU FUGACES—! — SIR MACKLIN — THEY'LL NONE OF 'EM BE MISSED — THE YARN OF THE "NANCY BELL" — GIRL GRADUATES — THE BISHOP OF RUM-TI-FOO — BRAID THE RAVEN HAIR — THE PRECOCIOUS BABY — A VERY TRUE TALE — THE WORKING MONARCH — TO PHŒBE — THE APE AND THE LADY — BAINES CAREW, GENTLEMAN — ONLY ROSES — THOMAS WINTERBOTTOM HANCE — THE ROVER'S APOLOGY — A DISCONTENTED SUGAR BROKER — AN APPEAL — THE PANTOMIME "SUPER" TO HIS MASK — THE REWARD OF MERIT — THE GHOST, THE GALLANT, THE GAEL, AND THE GOBLIN — THE MAGNET AND THE CHURN — KING BORRIA BUNGALEE BOO — THE FAMILY FOOL — THE PERIWINKLE GIRL — SANS SOUCI — THOMSON GREEN AND HARRIET HALE — A RECIPE — BOB POLTER — THE MERRYMAN AND HIS MAID — ELLEN M'JONES ABERDEEN — THE SUSCEPTIBLE CHANCELLOR — PETER THE WAG — WHEN A MERRY MAIDEN MARRIES — THE THREE KINGS OF CHICKERABOO — THE BRITISH TAR — GENTLE ALICE BROWN — A MAN WHO WOULD WOO A FAIR MAID — THE SORCERER'S SONG — THE BUMBOAT WOMAN'S STORY — THE FICKLE BREEZE — THE TWO OGRES — THE FIRST LORD'S SONG — LITTLE OLIVER — Ballad — MISTER WILLIAM — WOULD YOU KNOW? — PASHA BAILEY BEN — LIEUTENANT-COLONEL FLARE — SPECULATION — AH ME! — LOST MR. BLAKE — THE DUKE OF PLAZA-TORO — THE BABY'S VENGEANCE — THE ÆSTHETE — THE CAPTAIN AND THE MERMAIDS — SAID I TO MYSELF, SAID I — ANNIE PROTHEROE — A LEGEND OF STRATFORD-LE-BOW — SORRY HER LOT — AN UNFORTUNATE LIKENESS — THE CONTEMPLATIVE SENTRY — GREGORY PARABLE, LL.D. — THE PHILOSOPHIC PILL — THE KING OF CANOODLE-DUM — BLUE BLOOD — FIRST LOVE — THE JUDGE'S SONG — BRAVE ALUM BEY — WHEN I FIRST PUT THIS UNIFORM ON — SIR BARNABY BAMPTON BOO — SOLATIUM — THE MODEST COUPLE — A NIGHTMARE — THE MARTINET — DON'T FORGET! — THE SAILOR BOY TO HIS LASS — THE SUICIDE'S GRAVE — THE REVEREND SIMON MAGUS — HE AND SHE — DAMON v. PYTHIAS — THE MIGHTY MUST — MY DREAM — A MIRAGE — THE BISHOP OF RUM-TI-FOO AGAIN — THE GHOSTS' HIGH NOON — A WORM WILL TURN — THE HUMANE MIKADO — THE HAUGHTY ACTOR — THE DREAM — WILLOW WALY! — THE TWO MAJORS — LIFE IS LOVELY ALL THE YEAR — EMILY, JOHN, JAMES, AND I — A DERBY LEGEND — THE USHER'S CHARGE — THE PERILS OF INVISIBILITY — THE GREAT OAK TREE — OLD PAUL AND OLD TIM — KING GOODHEART — THE MYSTIC SELVAGEE — SLEEP ON! — THE CUNNING WOMAN — THE LOVE-SICK BOY — PHRENOLOGY — POETRY EVERYWHERE — THE FAIRY CURATE — HE LOVES! — THE WAY OF WOOING — TRUE DIFFIDENCE — HONGREE AND MAHRY — A RICHARDSONIAN MELODRAMA — THE TANGLED SKEIN — THE REVEREND MICAH SOWLS — MY LADY — ONE AGAINST THE WORLD — THE FORCE OF ARGUMENT — PUT A PENNY IN THE SLOT — GOOD LITTLE GIRLS — THE PHANTOM CURATE — A FABLE — LIFE — LIMITED LIABILITY — THE SENSATION CAPTAIN — ANGLICISED UTOPIA — AN ENGLISH GIRL — TEMPORA MUTANTUR — A MANAGER'S PERPLEXITIES — OUT OF SORTS — AT A PANTOMIME — BY A BILIOUS ONE — HOW IT'S DONE — A CLASSICAL REVIVAL — THE STORY OF PRINCE AGIB — THE PRACTICAL JOKER — THE NATIONAL ANTHEM — JOE GOLIGHTLY — OR, THE FIRST LORD'S DAUGHTER — HER TERMS — THE INDEPENDENT BEE — TO THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE — BY A MISERABLE WRETCH — ETIQUETTE [12] — THE DISCONCERTED TENOR — BEN ALLAH ACHMET; — OR, THE FATAL TUM — THE PLAYED-OUT HUMORIST
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