End of Volume IV.
Reading edition
Footnotes:
The Poor Soul sat Sighing. The poor soul sat sighing by a sicamore tree; Sing willow, willow, willow! With his hand in his bosom, and his head upon his knee; Oh! willow, willow, willow, willow, oh! Willow, willow, willow, willow, Shall be my garland: Sing all a green willow, willow, willow, willow, Ah me! the green willow must be my garland. * * * * *
“And Tommy was loving to Kitty, And wedded her with a rush ring.”
“Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage,”
“Nor stony tower nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit.” Julius Cæsar Act I. Sc. iii.
“He who goes to bed, and goes to bed sober, Falls as the leaves do, and dies in October; But he who goes to bed, and goes to bed mellow, Lives as he ought to do, and dies an honest fellow.”
INDEX.
The authors of the original songs are arranged in alphabetical order; the titles of the original poems are printed in italics, followed by the Parodies, the authors of which are named, in italics, wherever possible.
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Advertisement parodies 278
Corn Law Rhymes. 1844. E. Elliott 278
Druidical songs. 1839. J. Wilson 278
Leigh Hunt and The Examiner. 1813 101
Motley. 1855. Cuthbert Bede 278
The New Whig Guide. W. Wright. 1819 255
Perfection. T. Haynes Baily 42
Schubert’s songs in English translations 278
Songs of the Press. 1845. C. H. Timperley 278
A Town Garland. H. Sambrook Leigh 53
Theatrical burlesques and extravaganzas 278
A List of authors of the same 278
Thomas Haynes Bayly.
She wore a wreath of roses 42
He wore a brace of pistols. Punch 42
He dined at Bertholini’s. Albert Smith 42
He wore grey worsted stockings 43
He wore a suit of Moses 43
She wore a wreath of roses. Shirley Brooks 43
He wore a pair of “mittens” 43
He rode a tandem tricycle 44
I saw her but a moment 44
Oh! no, we never mention her 44
Oh! am I then remembered still 44
Oh no! we’ll never mention him. R. H. Barham 45
Oh! no we never mention him. The Gownsman 45
Oh no we never finger it. Figaro 45
Oh! no! we never mention her! 45
Oh! no I say; don’t mention it 46
Oh! no, I never name my wife 46
Oh, no! I never mentioned it. Lady Clarke 272
I’d be a butterfly 46
Ah sim Papilio (Latin version) 46
I would not be a butterfly. H. S. Leigh 47
I’d be a parody. Sharpe’s Magazine 47
I’d be a rifleman. Bentley Ballads 47
I make the butter fly. G. O. Trevelyan 47
I’d be a Rothschild. The Mirror 47
Me be a nigger boy. Fraser’s Magazine 48
I’d be a minister. Figaro, 1833 48
I’d be a butterfly. Punch, 1856 48
I’d be a bottle-fly. Blackwood, 1828 273
We met—’twas in a crowd 48
We met—’twas in a mob 49-50
We met—’twas in your shop 49
We met—’twas in St. Giles 49
We met—’twas on the ground 49
We met—’twas in a field 49
They met—’twas in a storm 49
We met—’twas in the House 50
We met in upper school 50
The Soldier’s Tear.
Upon the hill he turned 50
Beside the church he stood 51
Upon his heel he turned. Figaro 51
Upon the ground he stood. Punch 51
In the street he turn’d 51
Against the rails he leant. Shirley Brooks 52
Upon the pier he turned. Punch 52
He turned upon his heel 52
Upon the hill he turned 272
The sapper’s beer. 1851 272
She stood beside the counter 272
Satins and silks I sang gravely and gaily 42
Out John! out, John! 53
Out John (to John Bright). Truth. 1886 53
“Nay” John (Temperance song) 54
Out, Tom! (to Sir Thomas Brassey). Truth 55
Oh! the Old House at Home 55
A Parody from A Bowl of Punch. 1848 55
The Broadwood is opened. Fun 52
I have taken ten glasses of sherry. Fun 53
(Two Imitations of T. H. Bayly, by Henry S. Leigh. 1871.)
Alfred Bunn.
The heart bowed down.
The sot bowed down by too much drink 33
When other lips and other hearts.
When other months amid the range 33
When other lips and other eyes. J. R. Planché 33
When other wits and other bards 33
I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls 33
I dreamt that I stood in the Crystal Halls 34
I dreamt that I dined in Conservative halls 34
I dreamt that I sat in the House of Lords 34
I dreamt that I danced at Mabille balls 34
I dreamt that I dined on marbled beef 34
I dreamt that I dwelt. H. Furniss 274
I dreamt that I gazed at the Marble Arch 274
The light of other days is faded 179
The coat of other days is faded 179
The foggy Gin-Fluenza days 179
Thomas Campbell.
Ye gentlemen of England. Martyn Parker 243
Ye pugilists of England. 1819 243
Ye President’s and L’Amy’s men 244
You grand old man of England 244
Ye barristers of England 244
Ye gentlemen of England 244
Ye Liberals of England 244
You noblemen of England 245
Ye Unionists of England 245
Ye cricketers of England 245
Ye bicyclists of England. Punch 276
Lewis Carroll.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 55
As a pantomime at Woolwich. J. Addison 55
As a musical play. By H. Savile Clarke 56
The walrus and the carpenter.
“The sun was shining on the sea” 56
The vulture and the husbandman. 57
“The rain was raining cheerfully.” Light Green 57
The Nyum Nyum chortled by the sea 57
Jabberwocky.
“’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves.” 58
Waggawocky. (on the Tichborne Trial)
“’Twas May-time, and the lawyer coves.” 59
Across the swiffling waves they went. Truth. 59
’Twas grilling hot, the bloky cove. ” 59
“Can you move a little faster?” ” 59
Henry Carey.
God save the King. 111
Grand Dieu, Sauvez le Roy 111
God save Great George our King 111
Domine Salvum fac Regem. 1795. 112
Heil dir im Sieger Kranz 111
Version in honour of William IV. 112
Victory, Freedom and Fox. 1784. 113
Our Mother Church. 1790. 113
God save great Johnny Bull. 1809. 113
(Sung during the O. P. Riots)
Hail! Masonry Divine 114
God save the Rights of Man. 1820. 114
People! save yourselves. 1871. 114
“X” save our graceless Chief. 1884. 114
Down with the Lords. 1884. 115
God save Gladstone. 1885. 115
Soon will our gracious Queen. 1886 115
Verse composed on the Queen’s Marriage 115
Verse for the Jubilee year. 1887. 115
God bless our native land. 115
Bob shave great George our King 89
Cumberland, King! 278
Thy choicest curse in store 278
Orange plots against the throne 278
Sally in our Alley 21
Of all the girls that are so smart 21
“The Rhino.” 1824 21
“Sally” in Latin. In Saram G. K. Gillespie 21
Of all the flats with blunt that part. Punch 21
Of all the Peers within the house 21
Of all the days that’s in the week 21, 23
Of all the folks in purse that smart 22
Of all tragediennes so smart. Funny Folks 22
Of all the brutes I loathe to meet, 22
Of all the girls in our town. S. Brett 22
Of all the follies on our part. Punch 23
Of all the Rads that are so smart 203
Of all the would-be witty Rads 203
Eliza Cook.
I love it, I love it. (The old arm chair) 6
I loathe it, I loathe it! Henry S. Leigh 6
I love it. (The new arm chair) Punch 6
I loved it. (The Speaker’s chair) Truth 6
I dread it, I dread it! Funny Folks 7
I hate it. (The dentist’s chair) Modern Society 7
That gridiron by the mantel-piece. After Eliza Cook 7
Charles Dibdin.
The Jolly Young Waterman.
“And did you ne’er hear of a jolly young Waterman?” 66
And did you not hear of a jolly young barrister? 67
Oh, did you e’er hear of such jolly bad water man? 67
And did you ne’er hear of a jolly old waterman? 67
Oh! did you not hear of a handsome young clergyman? 67
Oh, did you ne’er hear of a jolly young trilobite? 67
And did you not hear of that luckless “young gentleman?” 67
Oh! did you ne’er hear of a jolly old woodcutter? (On Mr. Gladstone) 68
Did you ever hear tell of a jolly young rifleman? (On Lord Ranelagh) 68
Did you ever hear tell of the jolly young waterman? 68
The High Mettled Racer 68
“See, the course throng’d with gazers” 68
See, the shore lined with gazers. C. Dibdin 69
See, the house throng’d with members. 1832 69
Since of course we want razors. Cuthbert Bede 69
See the pier throng’d with gazers! Punch 69
The village born beauty 70
My name d’ye see’s Tom Tough 70
Yes, my name d’ye see’s Tom Tough. Truth 70
Yes, my name d’ye know’s Tom Tough. Truth 71
My Polly
Do you want to know the ugliest craft? 80
Wapping Old Stairs.
“Your Molly has never been false” 65
Untrue to my Ulric I never could be. Thackeray 65
Adelina has flirted. Punch 65
Your Fanny was never false hearted. Thackeray 65
Your money will never be safe 65
Tom Bowling.
“Here a sheer hulk lies poor Tom Bowling” 65
Here a sheer hulk from fierce round bowling 66
Here, on the floor stands famed Tom Brassey 66
But a sheer wreck, sits poor Tom Noddy 66
“Drunken Sally.” By L. M. Thornton 66
Here lies a bit of Tom Torpedo 268
A sheer hulk lies the “Devastation” 268
’Twas post meridian, half-past four, 72
’Twas prime meridian, twelve at noon 72
’Twas when the great review was o’er 267
’Twas post meridian, half-past four 267
As pensive one night in my garret I sate. 72
I had knocked out the dust from my pipe 72
Thomas Dibdin.
Deserted by the waning moon 73
Deserted by the waning purse 73
Deserted by declining day 73
Hot from the guard room. Punch 73
Daddy Neptune one day 266
Henry Byron one day to A. Harris did say 266
(On the pantomime of Robinson Crusoe) C. Bede
May we ne’er want a friend 73
An answer to the foregoing. Tom Hood 73
Go, patter to Lords of the Admiralty 268
Charles Dickens.
Oh! a dainty plant is the Ivy green. 9
Oh! a dreary print is the Daily News 9
Oh! a splendid soup is the true Pea green 9
Oh! a dainty growth is official routine. Punch 10
Oh! a dainty plant is the Cabbage green 10
A fine old thing is the yard of clay 10
Oh, a rare old toper was I. V. Green. Judy 11
Oh! a cunning “plant” doth the Jew I ween 275
Oh! a fine old chaunt is “God save the Queen.” 275
They told him, gently she was dead. 11
They told him gently he was mad 11
They told him gently she was gone 11
Henry Fielding.
The Roast Beef of Old England 104
The Kail-Brose o’ auld Scotland 104
Oh, the true Whigs of Old England. 1784 104
O! the white vests of Young England. 1844 104
Oh! the brown beer of Old England 105
The Frog and the Bull 105
Oh! the boiled beef of Old England. 1858 105
The Pauper’s Chaunt 106
O, the boiled beef of Australia. 1872 106
The glorious plum-pudding of England. 1879 106
David Garrick.
Come, cheer up my lads! 76
Come, cheer up my lads. 1784 76
” ” ” merry Christmas is near 76
” ” ” (for the Liverpool election 1812) 76
Unfurl the old flag. J. T. Wright 77
The day dawns upon us. J. H. Wheeler 77
Arouse, men of England. D. Evans 77
Awake, sons of Britain 77
W. S. Gilbert.
A list of his dramatic productions 116
Trial by Jury 116
The Judge’s song 116
Song on Breach of Promise of Marriage 117
H. M. S. Pinafore.
I am the Captain of the Pinafore 117
I am the Mahdi of Mid-Lothian 117
I am the Captain of this Home Rule corps 117
I’m the curse of my country. Truth. 1884 118
Joe Golightly, or the First Lord’s daughter 139
When I was a lad I served a term. (Disraeli.) 118
When he was a lad he served a term. (Garfield.) 118
Little Primrose’s song. (Lord Beaconsfield.) 119
Your Grace, we have important information 119
He is an Englishman. (Tichborne Claimant) 119
The Pirates of Penzance.
Policemen’s chorus 120
Hem! I represent the law. 1883 120
Song by the Prince of Wales. 1884 120
When the Free and Independent goes a-voting 120
The Wheelist’s chorus. A. Gibbons 120, 121
When Lord Beaky’s not engaged in lamentation 120
When a fellow finds in tennis his enjoyment 121
When the window “prising” burglar. Fun 276
Patience; or, Bunthorne’s Bride. 1881 121
F. C. Burnand’s The Colonel 121
The Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood 122
The Æsthetic Movement in England 122
When I first put this uniform on 122
The impecunious officer 122
Song on the Kilt by Prince Battenberg 122
When I first put Joe’s uniform on 123
If you want a receipt for that popular mystery 123
If you want a resiet for a novel stenografy. The Phonetic Journal. 1886 123
If you’re anxious for to shine 124
If you want to cut a shine. P. Bosecic 124
Prithee, pretty maiden—prithee tell me true 124
Prithee, Vernon Harcourt. The Sporting Times 124
Prithee, Secretary, what’s the latest news 125
Prithee, gentle working-man. Truth. 1883 125
“The Times,” newspaper blunders, and hoaxes 124
Sir W. Vernon Harcourt and the “Times” 124
Trio in “Patience,” by Duke, Colonel and Major 125
Trio in House of Commons by Lord R. Churchill, Ashmead Bartlett, and Sir Drummond Wolff. Punch. 1882 125
Song by the Social Belle. Truth 126
“The St. James’s Gazette” on Mr. Joseph Chamberlain in 1885 126
“A very long nosed young man,” and other verses on the political celebrities of 1882 126
The flippity-flop young man. H. Adams 127
On Sir Wilfrid Lawson, F. C. Burnand, Henry Irving, Miss Terry, and General Booth 127
On the Daily Telegraph, Gladstone, Salisbury and Sir Stafford Northcote 128
A common-place young girl 128
A practical, plain young girl 277
Iolanthe; or, the Peer and the Peri
When upon the stage we play. The Referee, 1883 128
A Lord Chief Justice, by common consent 129
I’m such a susceptible Chancellor 129
When I went to the Church 129
When I took my commission 129
When I went to the bar 130
When I hospitals walked 130
Said a Barrister, low, to himself 130
Said a British General 130
Said a West-end Tradesman 130
Said a jerry Builder 130
Said a City Alderman 130
Said a man of fashion 130
Said I to myself (Henry Irving) 130
When I went to the City (the masher) 131
Oh, nation gay (England to France) 131
Oh, foolish swain (Lawn Tennis) 131
Princess Ida.
Henry George as the disagreeable man 132
If green cheddar you desire 132
I was not so very old 133
Of all the plans there are on earth 133
Ye who are cumbersome and slow 133
Common sense we bar 133
If you give me your attention. (Col. Knox) 133
The Mikado.
On a battle field gory 134
Three little maids from school 134
On a seat in the garden 134
The flowers that bloom in the pot 135
The flowers that bloom in the spring 135
The Rads all the yokels to gain, tra la 139
At this general election, 1886 135
How much they’ve all been missed 135
Three little aids to health are we 136
In a cot by a river a lady forlorn 136
The Home Secretary’s song 277
Ruddigore; or, the witch’s curse. 136
Alterations, and omissions 137
Once upon a midnight dreary 137
Oh, why am I gloomy and sad 138
I once was a very abandoned person 138
Come hither, ye slaves of the weed 138
“Ruddy George,” at Toole’s Theatre 138
Roll on, thick haze, roll on 139
It really doesn’t matter 277
Pygmalion and Galatea 139
Chiselling Pygmalion 139
The poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore tree 140
Bab Ballads 139
King Thebaw of Burmah 140
Thebaw was the king of the golden toe 141
A monarch of Burmah, I cannot tell why 141
A parody by F. B. Doveton 141
The Bishop and the Ballet 142
Thomas Hood.
The dream of Eugene Aram.
The dream of the Bilious Beadle. A. Shirley 89
Lady Arthur Hill.
In the gloaming.
In the gloaming, oh! my darling! Icycles 5
” ” ” ” Judy 5
In the shooting, oh, my comrade. A. H. Smith 5
In the gloaming, O my darlings! Girls’ Own Paper 5
In the gloaming, oh, my proctor. A. H. Smith 5
In the steamer, O my darling 63
On the ocean, oh, my darling 275
Robert Herrick.
Fair Daffodils we weep to see 39
Dear little bills, we weep to see. H. Cayley 39
Order ye Wallsends while ye may 40
Why do I love my love 40
Ah, Ben! say how or when 181
A fine frank roughness in the dress 181
Cherry ripe, ripe, I cry 40
There’s a garden in her face 40
Water-pipes, water-pipes, pipes, I cry 40
Coffee hot, coffee hot, hot, I cry 41
Rosy wine, rosy wine, wine we sip 41
Heavy wet, heavy wet, still I cry 41
Cherry pie! cherry pie! pie! I cry 41
Mutton chops, mutton chops, chops, I cry 41
Cherry bounce, cherry bounce, bounce, I cry 41
Guinea-pigs, guinea-pigs, pigs, I cry 41
Cats’ meat, cats’ meat, meat, I cry. C. H. Ross 259
Her pretty feet like snails did creep 41
Her feet beneath her petticoat. J. Suckling 41
I die if I but spy. Ernest Radford 259
Ben Jonson.
Ben Jonson’s Ode on the Stage. 1631 212
An answer to the above by Owen Feltham 212
Another reply by Randolph 213
Drink to me only with thine eyes 31
Drink to me only from a jug. 1823 31
Wink at me only with glass eye 31
Bring to me only, if you’re wise 31
Drink wine only with thy drugs 31
Rink to me only with thine ice 32
Talk to me only with thine eyes. H. S. Leigh 32
Print for me only just one word 181
I sent thee late my able book 181
Come to my lobby with thy vote. C. H. Waring 259
Richard Lovelace.
To Althea.
When Love, with unconfinèd Wings 214
Grey hairs do not a prophet make. C. H. Waring 214
Champagne will not a dinner make 214
Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind 214
Tell me not, sweet, it is a dodge 214
Dr. Charles Mackay.
John Brown’s Philosophy.
“I’ve a guinea I can spend” 198
An answer to the above,
“I’ve listened to your song” J. R. Planché 199
Cheer, boys! cheer! 199
Beer! boys! beer! J. A. Hardwick 199, 200
Vote, boys, vote! 199
There’s a good time coming, boys 200
Curses on thee, haughty England 200
There’s a good road making, boys. 1846 201
I met the waiter in his prime 201
It’s a long time coming, boys. 1848 201
On the Salvation Army 202
Parody from Songs for Liberal Electors 202
The past has proved a trying time 202
To the West! To the West! 202
I’m in love! I’m in love! 202
Far, far upon the Sea.
Pa, out upon the spree. J. A. Hardwick 202
Christopher Marlowe.
Come live with me, and be my love 36
If all the world. Sir W. Raleigh 37
The above in Izaak Walton’s “Angler,” 37
Come live with me. F. C. Burnand 38
Come, rink with me. Judy 38
Come dwell with me, and be my own 232
Come dine with me (on mutton chops) 232
Come, switch with me my cockney love 258
The Nymph’s reply 258
Hon. Mrs. Norton.
The Arab’s farewell to his Steed.
“My beautiful, my beautiful” 260
The dying vendor of vegetables to his palfrey of Jerusalem 260
A traveller’s farewell to his train 260
My—anything but beautiful. P. F. Allen 261
My pewter full, my pewter full 261
My bicycle, my bicycle. One and All 262
My beautiful, my bicycle 262
The Englishman’s farewell to his train 263
The public’s address to his cabman 263
The rinker’s farewell to her skates 263
Bingen on the Rhine 264
St. Louis by the creek Chicago Tribune 264
Love not, ye hapless sons of clay! 13
Smoke not your weeds, nor pipes of clay 13
“Stay” not! no longer don. Punch 14
Vote not for me, I pray. Robert Lowe 14
Adelaide Anne Proctor.
I had a message to send her 2
I had a message to send her. Funny Folks 2
I had a message to give her. Fun 2
I’d another message to send her. 1876 64
Seated one day at the organ 3
Batting one day at the Oval. G. F. Grace 3
Seated one day on the organ. Judy. 1880 3
Seated at church in the winter. A. H. S. 4
Seated for years at the organ. Punch 4
Seated one day at a Café. Judy. 4
Seated one day on an organ. J. W. G. W. 35
Seated one day at the window 35
Seated one day in her carriage. George Grossmith 36
Standing one day at his organ. Judy 275
B. W. Proctor. (Barry Cornwall.)
Sing! who sings? 203
Ride! who rides? 203
Dine! who’d dine? 204
The sea, the sea, the open sea 204
The Cam, the Cam! the dirty Cam. 1836 204
The pipe, the pipe! the German pipe 204
The gin, the gin! Hodge’s cordial gin 204
The mail, the mail! the Royal mail 205
The road, the road! the turnpike road! 205
Of steak, of steak—of prime rump steak 205
The tea, the tea! the genuine tea! 206
The See, the See! the wealthy See! 206
The tea, the tea! the beef, beef tea! 206
The C! the C! the alto C! 206
The van, the van! the hurrying van! 207
The news, the news! the motley news 210
The press! the press! the glorious press! 210
King Death was a rare old fellow 207
July is a rare old fellow 207
The Return of the Admiral.
“How gallantly, how merrily we ride along the sea” 207
The return of the omnibus. Albert Smith. 207
The Alderman. 1884 208
The cruise of the old admiral 208
The return of the Members. Diogenes. 1853 208
The term of the Freshman. Canon Hole 209
The return to Tyrol. Rev. J. W. Ebsworth 209
The baby in the train. J. Ashby Sterry 209
J. Howard Payne
Home, sweet Home 26
Two additional verses and notes 26
The court of my sovereign. Figaro. 1832 27
’Mid fritters and lollipops 27
’Mid Westminster’s Palace. Punch. 1846 27
Though crosses and candles 27
Up courts and round palaces 27
From circuit to circuit 27
’Midst mansions and palaces. Truth. 1882 28
’Mid hardships and hovels. Weekly Dispatch 28
Through clubdoms fair palaces ” 28
’Mid new courts and chambers ” 29
In Westminster Palaces ” 29
Though bidden to roam. Truth. 1885 29
Fond hearts bear its sweetness ” 29
In the Soudan desert ” 29
Though far from dear England ” 29
In joy or in sadness ” 29
Tho’ rich be our portion ” 29
I pray that I reach ” 29
How many in dreams ” 29
Like bird to its nest ” 29
’Mid falsehood and fallacies ” 30
’Mid soup, fish, and entrées ” 30
’Midst mansions or cottages ” 30
’Mid gin shops or “palaces” ” 30
’Mid pleasures and palaces ” 30
’Mid worry and bustle ” 30
Of all the strong drinks ” 30
In islands or continents ” 30
’Neath measures and policies ” 30
When worries and creditors ” 31
’Mid Ritualistic clergy ” 31
’Mid play sure, sand palaces ” 31
Index to catch lines of Choruses.
Home, home, sweet, sweet home 26
Place, place! sweet sweet place 27
Pomme! pomme! Beignet de Pomme! 27
Reid, Reid! doctor Reid 27
Rome, Rome! sweet, sweet Rome 27, 31
Home! home! they’ve no home 27
Home! home! vile, vile home! 28
Home! home! sweet rule of home! 29
Law, law, cheap, cheap law 30
Beef, beef, roast, roast beef 30
Tea, Tea, sweet, sweet tea! 30
Home, home, bleak, bleak home 30
Roam, roam, sweet to roam! 30
When spring cleaning times come 30
Rum, rum, good, good rum 30
Jones, Jones, still, still Jones 30
Home rule, rule at home 30
Boulogne! oh Boulogne! 31
Home rule! sweet home rule! 271
Ale, ale! Double X ale! 271
Sir Walter Raleigh.
Go soul, the body’s guest 211
Go, truth, unwelcome guest 212
Shall I like a hermit dwell? 257
Shall I, wasting in despair. G. Wither 257
Shall my heart be filled with care? 258
Shall I fret and fume and swear? H. C. Merivale 258
Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Burlesques on his plays 195
The Critic Anticipated. 1779 195
Elizabeth; or, the Invisible Armada 195
The Ar-Rivals. 1884 195
Pizarro; a Spanish Rolla-king drama 259
Pizarro; or, the Leotard of Peru 259
Here’s to the maiden of bashful fifteen 195
A health to the nut brown lass 196
Here’s to each Tory and Radical too 1845 196
Love, you must own, is a comical thing 196
Here’s to the voter whose terms are fifteen 196
Here’s to the ringman. The Globe 197
Easter for maidens of bashful fifteen 197
Here’s to the man with a balance in hand 197
Here’s to the fresher not out of his teens 197
Here’s to the motley, mellifluous host 197
Smart Churchill, ’cute Chamberlain 198
All names of the male kind masculine call 259
Had I a heart for falsehood framed 198
Had I a pound of tender steak 198
This bottle’s the sun of our table 259
Bicycle’s the sun of our stable. J. G. Dalton 259
Sir John Suckling.
Why so pale and wan, fond lover? 178
Why so sad and pale, fond lover? 1819 178
Ballad upon a wedding 178
Aylesbury Races. Sir J. H. Moore 178
Algernon Charles Swinburne.
The Question. The Daily Telegraph. 1887 147
The Answer. The Daily News. 1887 147
James Thomson.
Rule Britannia 108
A Latin version. Blackwood’s Magazine 108
When Canning’s name was first proclaim’d 109
When Britain first, impell’d by pride 109
When freedom’s foes mock labour’s groan 109
When first the South, to fury fanned 109
When faction at the De’ils command 110
When Beaconsfield, at civic board. 1879 110
Jingoes ever will be knaves 110
Brickbats never will be slates 110
Lord Tennyson.
Lord Tennyson’s Jubilee Ode.
Macmillan’s Magazine. April, 1887 142
“Fifty times the rose has flower’d” 142
Fifty times the Laureate sharpened his pencil. The Globe 143
Fifty times the clown has grinned. Punch 143
Fifty times the lines have slipped and halted. Scraps 144
Fifty times our nose has twirled and tilted. Moonshine 144
Fifty times seven days are past and ended. St. James’s Gazette 145
You, the Laureate (O Fortunate) 146
He, revered for a genius. F. B. Doveton 146
Fifty times the State has fooled 146
Ye, who revel in authorship 146
She, disliked for a craftiness 146
(These five are from The Weekly Dispatch.)
Fifty times my nose I’ve rubbed 147
The ode as it ought to be 279
Fifty times my nose you’ve broken 279
Fifty years your verses have been fading 279
Fifty times we’ve planted Kail and used it. W. A. Sloan 280
IRISH SONGS.
Samuel Lover.
Oh! Molly Bawn 246
Oh! Molly, pawn without repining 246
Oh! Robert Bawn, why leave me 246
A baby was sleeping 246
A woman half sleeping 246
O come to the wild west. M. P. Romer 246
The Low-backed Car 246
When first I saw sweet Peggy 18
When first I saw Miss Clara. Diogenes 18
When first I used the railway. Punch 18
The gin-shop bar. J. A. Hardwick 246
When first I saw the Emperor. 1854 247
Count O’Cavoureen. Shirley Brooks. 1859 247
Kathleen Mavourneen’s answer 247
Thomas Moore.
The days are gone when claret bright 252
Those bicycles, those bicycles. J. G. Dalton 254
Strong and sure were the skates she wore 254
Where stood the bar, we’re building love 254
Oh! there is not in nature 254
Oft in the chilly night 254
Most Irish questions are about 254
The minstrel boy to the wars has gone 254
The publican on his raid has gone 254
The militiaman to parade is gone 254
I knew by the dirt 254
I knew by the noise 255
I knew by the smoke 255
Mary, I believed thee true 252
O Mary, I believed you true. Thomas Hood 252
’Tis the last rose of summer 253
Eheu rosarum floruit ultima! Father Prout 253
’Tis the first rose of summer. Judy 253
’Tis the last “quid” of many. Fun 253
’Tis the last fly of summer 253
The Bells of Shandon.—Father Prout 247
In Memoriam! Father Prout 248
On Frazer’s Magazine. 1882 248
The bells I’ve shamm’d on 248
Brian O’Lin had no coat to put on 249
Daniel O’Connell’d no mischief to brew 249
You all knew Tom Moody—Andrew Cherry 249
You all knew Pat Fagan 219
The Lament of the Irish Emigrant.—Lady Dufferin
I’m sitting on the stile, Mary 16
I’m flitting in the style, Mary. Diogenes 17
I’m sitting in a style, Mary. Our Miscellany 17
I’m sitting in this style, Mary, J. B. Oddfish 17
I’m sitting at my window, Jack 17
I left thee young and gay, Mary. Eliza Cook 18
Meet me by moonlight alone.—J. A. Wade 60, 249
Meet me, Miss Molly Malone 60
Meet me this evening alone 60
Meet me with Wimbush alone 60
Meet me at breakfast alone. Punch 60
Viens au bosquet, ce soir. F. Mahony 249
Did ye hear of the Widow Malone?—C. Lever 250
You’ve all heard of Larry O’Toole. W. M. Thackeray 250
Did you hear of Nordisa’s first night? 250
Erin go Bragh 250
From Brest in the Bay of Biscay 250
The Shan Van Vocht
Oh! the French are on the Sea 251
There’s a Dutchman in the town 251
Ballyhooly.—R. Martin 251
The Parliamentary Ballyhooly 251
SCOTCH SONGS.
Robert Burns.
Scots wha hae
Men whose fathers crushed the wrong 239
Where’s the girl can fear disdain? 239
Is there for honest policy. W. E. Sadler 243
A rink’s a rink for a that. A. W. Mackenzie 240
A man’s a man. Charles Mackay 242
Is there for tenets Liberal. 1886 242
Green grow the rushes O’ 241
A latin version by Father Prout 241
A Gladstonite lament, 1886 240
The wearing o’ the sashes, oh! 242
My Kitty O’, my Kitty O’. M. Fahy 242
Randy Randolph Churchill, O! 234
My Love is like the red, red rose 238
My love she has a red, red nose 239
My love he has a great red nose 239
Oh! where is our one policeman gone? 236
Oh! where does my own true lover stay? 236
The Broom cam capouring doon 237
The Belgians are coming, oh dear! 238
An Address to the game laws 239
Should auld habiliments be forgot? 239
Let auld acquantance be forgot 240
Ye German princes puir and proud 240
Should brandy ever be forgot? 240
Joe Chamberlain, my Joe 243
Sir Walter Scott.
Partant pour la Syrie. Translation by Scott 183
It was Dunois the young and brave 183
It was Bill Noyes, the yeoman brave 184
It was Dunupp, the hard beset 184
To the Lords of Convention 237
To the House at Westminster 237
To the millions of England 237
To the Peers ’tis the People 237
The last pot of marmalade 237
March, march; daisies and buttercups 235
Lullaby in Guy Mannering.
Sleep, Mr. Speaker, ’tis surely fair. W. M. Praed. 182
Maxwelton braes are bonnie 233
The Guildhall bench is funny 233
I have heard the mavis singing 233
I have heard the cats a-squealing 233
Let us haste to Kelvin Grove 235
Let us haste and join the chase 235
I’m wearin’ awa’ John—Lady Nairne 236
I’m frichtened for ye a’ weans 236
Where the poor cease to pay 236
Behave yoursel’ before folk 234
An answer to the above, by A. Rodger 234
As lonely I sat on a calm summer morn 235
Do you ken Arthur Peel? 230
Oh dear! what can the matter be? 233
The flowers of the forest are a’ wede awa’ 238
So mourn we to-night. Daily News. 1886 238
WELSH SONGS.
Taffy was a Welshman 255
Taffy is a Welshman. A complimentary version by Shirley Brooks 255
The same in Welsh 256
Bouncer was a welsher 256
The march of the men of Harlech.
On by love of costs we’re goaded 257
With blaze of fireworks, fêtes, &c. 257
Brothers, up, to win new glory 257
MISCELLANEOUS SONGS.
At the peaceful mid-night hour.—J. O’Keeffe 179
A parody on the above 179
A wet sheet and a flowing sea 229
With wet feet in a committee 229
Alice Gray
She’s all my fancy painted her 23
It’s all my fancy painted it. Figaro 23
She’s naught my fancy painted her 23
He’s all his agent painted him 24
He’s all my fancy painted him 24
She’s not what fancy painted her. Punch 24
She’s all the chimney sweep described 24
No wonder that they’ve painted her 24
She’s all my fancy painted her. L. H. Sheridan 272
A frog he would a wooing go.
John Kemble he would an acting go 192
Hal Clifford would a reforming go 192
Campbell would a writing go. 1831 193
Froggy must a warring go. 1857 193
A Premier would a-wooing go. 1887 194
Off they went to Osborne to play. 1887 194
A gray old fox sat under a vine 195
A life on the ocean wave.
A death on the ocean wave, Punch 78
A life on the ocean waive, Man in the Moon 78
And shall Trelawney die? 222
And shall they strike at Ritual rites? 222
A song to the oak, the brave old oak—H. F. Chorley 180
A song to the Dukes. Punch. 1846 180
A tale of the Tenth Hussars (on Colonel Baker) 87
When the sand of the lonely desert. Punch. 1884 87
When the train, on its lonely journey 87
Ballads—Parodies on various 190
Battle of Agincourt—M. Drayton 191
Fair stood the wind (we thought). 1885 191
See, where the hosts advance 191
Baviad, and the Maeviad 169
Beautiful Star.
Beautiful star, on each opera night 34
Beautiful pit, behind the stalls 35
Beautiful soup, so rich and green 35
Billiawatha (on Buffalo Bill). Judy 276
Blessed as the immortal gods is he—A. Philips 180
Drunk as a dragon sure is he. H. Erskine 180
Cease rude Boreas, blust’ring railer—G. A. Stevens 79
Cease to bore us, and assail us. 1836 79
Cease to lure us ’bout the ocean. 1865 80
Champagne Charlie is my name 220
Gad’s hill Charlie is my name. 1867 220
Chevy Chace.
God prosper long our noble King 184
A Parody from The Anti-Jacobin. 1798 185
A Parody from The Morning Herald. 1799 185
A parody on the O. P. riots. 1809 186
A Protectionist parody. 1850 187
A parody relating to Mr. Gladstone. 1885 187
The battle of Putney Hill 185
The Middlesex Election 210
The Litchfield defeat 211
Come, all ye jolly sailors bold.—Prince Hoare 74
Come, every jolly rower bold. G. V. Cox 74
Come, all ye Britons, brave and bold. Punch 74
Come, all ye modern seamen bold 268
Dance, the boatman, dance.
Sign the Bill stamp, sign 217
Dear Betty, come give me sweet kisses.—Sir C. H. Williams 180
Come, give us more Livings and Rectors 181
Dear Tom, this brown jug.—F. Fawkes 172
Dear Bill, this stone jug. Punch. 1857 172
Dear Tom, this black pot. Figaro. 1832 173
Dear Jack, this white mug. W. M. Thackeray 173
Della Cruscans, The 69
Darby and Joan.
The Liberal barque is on the wave 230
The Derby’s here, and I’m getting grey 231
Derby dear, I am old and grey 231
Epitaph on George IV., with Cruikshank’s caricature 103
Far away.
Where is our last big coup. Truth 20
There is a fine old sow 20
Where is a bobby found? 20
Where is now the merry party? 21
Fluttering spread thy purple pinions. 1733 169
Slighted love the soul subduing 169
Balmy zephyrs, lightly flitting. Horace Smith 170
Lovely maid with rapture swelling 170
For ever, and for ever. L. S. May 273
Gentle Zitella, whither away! 217
Real Havannah! precious cigar! 217
Gently touch the warbling lyre.—A. Bradley 178
Gently blow and stir the fire. Dean Swift 178
God rest you merry gentlemen. A carol 192
Go from my window, love go. 1590 270
Who is at my windo, who, who? 270
Hang sorrow, let’s cast away care 214
Cast away care, he that loves sorrow 215
Drink to-day, and drown all sorrow 215
There are five reasons, as I think 215
He who goes to bed, and goes to bed sober 215
I am a friar of orders grey—J. O’Keeffe 177
I am the demagogue of the day 177
I am a simple muleteer.
I am a rifle volunteer. 1860 226
I am tenant of nine feet by four. T. Hook 101
This is the house that Jack built 102
If doughty deeds.
If dirty deeds my lady please 228
I give thee all—I can no more 182
I give thee all (duck and peas) 182
I hear the children’s voices. Corney Grain 225
I know an eye—John Oxenford 64
I know a “High.” College Rhymes. 1866 64
I’m afloat! I’m afloat! 78
There’s a flat! there’s a flat! Puppet Show 78
I’m a shot, I’m a shot! 78
I’m a float! I’m a float! The Angler’s Journal 78
I’m a shrimp! I’m a shrimp! R. Brough 274
I’m a gent! I’m a gent! 274
I’m ninety-five.
I’m thirty-five! I’m thirty-five. Truth 20
In good King William’s peaceful reign 164
In the days when we went gipsying 174
Oh, the days when we went gipsying. A. Smith 174
Oh, the days we read those musty books 175
I would all womankind were dead. Aytoun 175
It came with the merry May, love. 12
It came with the joyful June, love 12
It came with the merry May, love. F. Bowyer 36
I thank the goodness and the grace 232
Upon my childhood’s pallid morn 232
I cannot sing the old songs—Claribel— 25
We met—’twas on the rink 25
I cannot eat the old horse 25
I cannot hold the old creeds. G. Sexton 273
I’ve been roaming, I’ve been roaming 62
I’ve been shopping, I’ve been shopping 62
I’ve been eating, I’ve been eating 62
I’ve been turning, I’ve been turning 62
Jolly Nose! the bright rubies that garnish thy tip. W. H. Ainsworth 231
Beau nez! dont les rubis 231
Just before the battle, mother 226
Just before the wedding, mother 226
Just after the wedding, mother 227
Lilli Bulero—Lord Wharton 189
The new Lila Bulero. 1798 189
Bully bullero, buller a-la. 1887 190
Long, long ago
Twine me the curls I delighted to see 182
Lord Bateman was a noble lord 188
The ballad as illustrated by George Cruikshank, with notes by Charles Dickens 188
Lord Bateman was a noble lord 188
Lord Lovell he stood at his castle gate 171
He strode and he strode (on Bradlaugh). 1881 171
Lord Lovell he stood at his own front door 171
Joe Muggins he stood 171
Lord Fitz-Faddle he lived 172
Jack’s yarn
The Tailor’s holiday 155
’Twas on a Monday morn 155
My lodging is on the cold ground 178
My lodging is in Leather-lane. W. B. Rhodes 179
My Mother bids me bind my hair—Mrs. John Hunter 12
My mother bids me dye my hair. Punch 12
The Lancet bids me be a Peer. Funny Folks 13
My mother bids me pinch my waist. Truth 13
My mother bids me find an heir. Punch 63
My mother bids me spend my smiles. T. Hood 63
My Nellie’s Blue Eyes 152
Two lovely black eyes. Charles Coborn 152
Deux beaux yeux noirs 152
Zwei augen so schwartz 152
Down at the House, in the days that have been Punch 153
My Queen. London Society 15
My King. London Society 15
My Scheme. Punch 15
My Dude 274
Nonsense Verses, and Parodies 169
Old Simon the cellarer—J. L. Hatton 176
Joe Podgers, the farmer. Fun. 1869 176
Old Tim, the teetotaller Punch. 1871 176
Old Taurus our cellarer. Judy. 1878 176
Old Simmonds, the bellower. J. A. Hardwick 177
Old William the cloturer. Punch. 1882 177
Old Towler.
“Bright Chanticleer proclaims the dawn” 164
The op’ning morn dispels the night 164
Bright chandeliers the room adorn 165
Our chance at Eyre we claim this dawn 165
We’re going to have a glorious run 165
Old King Coal was a merry old soul—Charles Mackay 165
Oh! little Queen Cole was a nice little soul 166
Old King Coal paid a very high toll 166
Old King Cole was a savage old soul (on Henry Cole, C.B.) 1867 167
Young King Coal was a merry young soul 167
Oh! don’t you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt? 79
Oh! don’t you remember Sweet William 3
Now don’t you remember old Alice? 79
Oh! don’t you remember sweet Sal? 79
Oh! don’t you remember the days when “Bolt” 79
Oh! give me but my Arab steed 226
Oh! give me but my donkey, Joe 226
Farewell my ribbons, and alack! 226
O, let me like a soldier fall 86
Yes, let me like a feather fall. Whizz. 1880 86
On Richmond Hill there lives a lass—Upton 179
A parody on the above 179
Of William’s bill we’ll see the last 180
Oh! say not woman’s heart is bought—T. L. Pocock 183
Oh, say not that my heart is caught 183
Oh, say not life is dearly bought 183
Oh! the mistletoe bough 25
The mistletoe hung on the castle hall 25
The Michaelmas goose lay in Leadenhall 25
The cloth vos laid in the Vorkhouse hall 26
At the old Manor-house and ancestral hall 26
Oh! the snow, the beautiful snow 228
Oh, ’tis love, ’tis love! 63
Oh, ’tis beef, ’tis beef! D. O’Meara 63
Oh, ’tis love, ’tis love! 64
Oh! this love! this love! 64
Only a lock of her hair
Only a lock of his hair 16
Only a common yard door 16
Only a hair on his shoulder 16
Only a cyclist gigantic. Once a Week 16
On the Prairie, an imitation of Captain Mayne Reid 62
Our dear old Church of England. S. Brooks 222
Our party’s doing very well. Judy, 1880 223
Jumbo and Taoung 223
Over and over again 220
As parodied by Miss Seventeen 220
Over the garden wall 221
Over the handles (Bicycle) 221
A parody by F. L. Richardson 221
Down with the castle wall 221
Phillis is my only joy—C. Sedley 32
Fillies is my only joy. 1867 32
Please to remember the fifth of November 270
’Tis good to remember the fifth of November 270
Sadly Lord Salisbury. Fun. 1885 216
Gaily the Grand Old Man. Truth. 1886. 216
Said a smile to a tear.—James Kenney 168
The loves of the plants 168
Said a steak to a chop 168
Said a fox to a goose 169
Schubert’s Songs in English translations 278
See, the Conquering Hero comes!
See, the conquering jingo comes. The Echo. 88
She and I
I in a mighty palace.—G. C. Boyle 230
I and she
She in a gay gin palace. J. M. Lowry 230
Should you ask me whence these Indians 276
Silver threads among the gold 232
Don’t dye your hair when you grow old 232
Sir Percy and the fearful fogge 229
Some Day 14
We know not when the day shall be. Truth 14
I know not when your bill I’ll see. Doveton 63
Strangers yet.—R. Monckton Milnes 14
Strangers now. Once a week 14
The old and young Courtier 90
The fine old English gentleman 90
The fine young English gentleman 91
The fast young undergraduate. 1836 91
The raal ould Irish gintleman 91
The old and new Cantab. 1848 92
The fine rich Jewish nobleman. 1850 93
The fine old English innkeeper. 1853 93
The fine old Standard tragedy. 1855 93
The fine old English omnibus. 1856 94
The fine old British subaltern 94
The fine young English officer. 1857 95
This wondrous nineteenth century. Frank E. Smedley. 1865 95
The fine old English gentleman of the present time 96
The fine young London gentleman. 1882 96
A fine old English general 96
The fine old atom-molecule 97
On Sir Stafford Northcote. 1885 97
On the Grand Old Man. 1886 97
The first rate English fox-hunter 98
The special Correspondent. 1882 99
The fine young agriculturist. 1867 99
In the Post-office Directory. 1848 100
The much mistaken demagogue. 1883 100
A good old English gentleman. 1885 100
The indefeasible title. 1881 100
The fine old English Tory times. Charles Dickens. 1841 100
The fine old Standard tragedy 149
The fine young English gentleman 149
The old English publican 150
A fine old heavy villain 150
The fine old common councilman 150
A variety of Vicars. Truth 151
The old English constable. Songs by Jingo 274
The Gunpowder Plot.
“I sing a doleful tragedy” 155
In the story of “Aladdin” 156
I sing a song of foolishness 156
I sing a comic-tragedy (on Bradlaugh) 157
I sing a doleful tragedy. Cuthbert Bede 157
The question for the country now (Home Rule) 158
I sing about a grand old man 158
The Hunt is Up 269
With hunts up, with hunts up. 1590 270
The Monks of Old.
A Darwinian ballad 220
The Pilgrim of Love.
“Orynthia, my beloved, I call in vain” 159
Oh, Blowsabel! my detested 159
Angelina, my chickabiddy. G. W. Hunt 159
Och, Judy, my sweet darling! 159
Chamberlain, my beloved! 160
A doctor who dwells (the seedy C.C.) 159
The Queen in France. 1843 190
The “Lay” of the good Lord Roseberry. 1885 190
The Red, White, and Blue 106
Oh, Britannia, the pride of the ocean 106
Oh, Columbia, the gem of the ocean 107
Great, great is the task set before us. 1885 107
The Three Jovial Huntsmen.
The three jovial statesmen 227
On Salisbury, Northcote, and Churchill 227
The Two Obadiahs 221
The two Marias. L. M. Thornton 222
The two Tory Obadiahs. Truth. 1886 222
The Tory Obadiah and the Union Obadiah 222
The Vicar of Bray.
“In good King Charles’s golden days” 160
When Pitt array’d the British arms. 1814 161
In Mr. Gladstone’s powerful days 161
In good Victoria’s palmy days 161
When Bluff King Hal grew tired of Kate 162
There’s a Land that Bears a well-known Name 107
There’s a paper bears a well-known name 107
The Jingo Englishman. 1878 107
The Chancery Court 108
There’s a game that bears (on cricket) 245
The Bay of Biscay, O!—Andrew Cherry 75
Loud roared the dreadful thunder
Loud roar’d the watchman’s rattle (O.P. Riots) 75
Loud roar’d the smoking funnel. Punch 75
I cut the ball right under. Tennis cuts 76
The Beating of my Own Heart—R. M. Milnes 14
The beating of my own wife. Punch 14
Love and Science. Funny Folks 15
The Beautiful Maid—Liston 183
My fishmonger swore. Bishop R. Heber 183
The British Grenadiers.
Some talk of Alexander—Anonymous. 1760 81
Upon the plains of Flanders. Thomas Campbell 82
Some talk of Alexander (Brook Green Volunteer). Punch 82
Most regiments have some varlet. 1849 82
The gallant specials of 1848 82
Oh! some talk about Jack Sheppard. Diogenes 83
Some talk of Alexander (on the Victoria Cross) 83
Some talk of Alexander (on the London volunteers). 1860 83
Aitcheson’s carabineers 83
Some talk of Archimedes. Fun. 1866 84
Come all ye dilettante bold. Funny Folks. 1878 84
In Egypt there’s an old stream. Punch 85
Some swear by Wilfred Lawson. Morning Post 85
Some talk of Alexander. England 85
Some praise the fair Queen Mary (song of Mrs. Jenny Geddes). Professor J. S. Blackie 85
Some talk of Bright and Cobden. Truth 86
Some men go in for science. Nicolson 268
Some prate of patriotism (on the volunteers) 269
The chief of the Liberal party. 1864 216
The Chough and Crow to Roost are Gone 153
With cough and cold to bed I’ve gone 153
The private day and feast are gone. S. Brooks 154
The inns and outs from rest are back 154
The Girls they Left Behind Them.
Our gallant Guards have marched away 86
We cheer our soldiers on their way. Funny Folks 86
Ten Little Nigger Boys.
Ten joint-stock companies. Finis 218
Ten little barmaids, sitting in a line. Judy 218
Six royal persons in the realm alive 218
Ten high commissioners. 1877 218
Twelve Irish jurymen. 1881 218
Ten thousand soldiers. 1881 219
Ten British ironclads. 1885 219
Ten Liberal Unionists. Sir W. Lawson 275
Three Jolly Postboys.
Three Band of Hope boys 215
To all you Ladies now on Land—Earl of Dorset 215
Ho! all you toilers in the land 215
To be there (Salvation Army song) 154
’Tis I am the Gipsy King. 173
Come, my dainty doxies 173
Trip it, gipsies, trip it fine 173
Oh! ’tis I am the railway king 173
Oh! ’tis I am a frisky king 174
Oh! ’tis I am a gipsy king 174
’Twas in the grimy winter time. A. Shirley 89
(The Bilious Beadle.)
’Twas in Trafalgar’s Bay—S. J. Arnold 80
’Twas in the Spithead Bay. Diogenes 81
’Twas in Trafalgar Square. Punch 81
’Twas at the Pig and Cat 81
The song of Billiawatha. Judy 276
(A parody of Longfellow’s Hiawatha.)
Wait till the Clouds roll by 225
Willy, my own grand Old One. 1885 225
We are a Merry Family 223
Song by Miss Mary Anderson 223
Song by a crusted old bencher 223
Song by a barrister 223
Song by a successful Q.C. 224
Song by Mr. Joseph Chamberlain 224
The political happy familee 225
We are English, you know 271
That’s English, you know. Punch. 1887 271
We Don’t want to Fight 88
There’s Connaught does not want to fight 88
What is the German’s Fatherland? 265
Where doth proud England’s boundary stand? 265
Was ist des Breitmann’s Vaterland? 265
What is the German’s Fatherland? 265
What is the Briton’s Fatherland? 266
When the Tide Comes in 228
Where the wet comes in 228
When this Old Cap was New 167
When this old hat was new. E. J. Burdette 168
When this old joke was new. Hal Berte 168
The Old Brigade—F. E. Weatherly.
Where are the Boys of the Old Brigade 19
Sons of the old and staunch brigade 19
Rare were the joys when our hair decayed 19
Where are you going to, my Pretty Maid? 60-270
Going to lecture. 1879 60
Going to be photographed. 1878 60
A new reading 61
Going a chestnutting. 1886 61
Going to publish. Ernest Radford 61
Going a-swearing (C. Bradlaugh, M.P.) 61
Going to Spelling Bee 61
Going to a lecture. Modern Society 61
“Shall I have any croppers?” Whizz 61
“Will you come and see my Humber?” Whizz 61
Wings! to bear me over—Percy Boyd 11
Curls, that I might roll them. The Cheltonian 12
Woodman, Spare that Tree—G. P. Morris 7
Lincoln, spare that tree. Punch 7
Gasman, light that clock ” 8
Frenchman, spare that tree ” 8
Gladstone, spare that tree ” 8
Spencer, spare that tree ” 8
Childers, spare that coin. Funny Folks 9
Butcher, spare that pig 273
Won’t you tell me why, Robin?
Oh! won’t you tell me why, doctor? Finis 38
Oh, won’t you tell me why, Bobby? 39
Write me a Letter from Home 219
Send a remittance from home 219
Post me a parcel from home 220
Jeannette and Jeannot.
You are Going Far Away 217
The lay of the creditor. 1848 217
A Monte Christo ballad 217
The Christmas pudding 217
“IT was precisely the poets whom we most admired that we imitated the most frequently (in the ‘Bon Gaultier Ballads’). This was not certainly from any want of reverence, but rather out of the fulness of our admiration, just as the excess of a lover’s fondness often runs over into raillery of the very qualities that are dearest to his heart. ‘Let no one,’ says Heine, ‘ridicule mankind unless he loves them.’ With no less truth may it be said, Let no one parody a poet unless he loves him. He must first be penetrated by his spirit, and have steeped his ear in the music of his verse, before he can reflect these under a humorous aspect with success.”
From Sir Theodore Martin’s
Memoir of William Edmonstoune Aytoun. 1867.
Brown & Davenport, Printers, 40, Sun Street, Finsbury, London, E.C.
Transcriber’s Note:
This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These have been left unchanged except indicated below.
Footnotes were renumbered sequentially and were moved to the end of the book. Obvious printing errors, such as backwards, upside down, or partially printed letters and punctuation, were corrected. Unprinted letters, punctuation and final stops missing at the end of sentences and abbreviations were added. Commas were changed to stops at ends of sentences and abbreviations. Duplicate words and letters at line endings and page breaks were removed. Quotation marks were adjusted to match as pairs.
In the Table of Contents, Part 24 was moved from Volume III. to Volume II. Where there was a difference in punctuation, accents, hyphenation, etc. between the index entry and the poem text, the index entry was adjusted to match that of the poem. Unprinted page numbers were added to the index.
There are three anchors to Footnote [5], two anchors to Footnote [8], and two anchors to Footnote [49].
A TALE OF THE TENTH HUSSARS and its parody were printed on facing pages across a page break. The end of each poem was rejoined to its beginning. Likewise, Swinburne's The Question and The Answer were printed on facing columns across several pages. Each poem was presented in its entirety followed by its parody.
Spelling corrections:
thers’s / there’s (no place like home!)
Thh / The Milkmaid’s Song
Bayley / Bayly
exerybody / everybody
Add / And never once thought of poor me!
instints / instincts that drag downwards
collectors of literary curosities / curiosities
turn on my bicyle / bicycle
no heart, fearful woer / wooer