The Bab Ballads, with Which Are Included Songs of a SavoyardFERDINANDO AND ELVIRA OR, THE GENTLE PIEMANReading editionChapter navigation170 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterThe Bab BalladsCAPTAIN REECETHE DARNED MOUNSEERTHE RIVAL CURATESTHE ENGLISHMANONLY A DANCING GIRLTHE DISAGREEABLE MANGENERAL JOHNTHE COMING BY-AND-BYTO A LITTLE MAIDTHE HIGHLY RESPECTABLE GONDOLIERJOHN AND FREDDYTHE FAIRY QUEEN'S SONGSIR GUY THE CRUSADERIS LIFE A BOONHAUNTEDTHE MODERN MAJOR-GENERALTHE BISHOP AND THE 'BUSMANTHE HEAVY DRAGOONTHE TROUBADOURPROPER PRIDEFERDINANDO AND ELVIRA OR, THE GENTLE PIEMANPART ITHE POLICEMAN'S LOTLORENZO DE LARDYTHE BAFFLED GRUMBLERDISILLUSIONEDTHE HOUSE OF PEERSBABETTE'S LOVEA MERRY MADRIGALTO MY BRIDETHE DUKE AND THE DUCHESSTHE FOLLY OF BROWNEHEU FUGACES—!SIR MACKLINTHEY'LL NONE OF 'EM BE MISSEDTHE YARN OF THE "NANCY BELL"GIRL GRADUATESTHE BISHOP OF RUM-TI-FOOBRAID THE RAVEN HAIRTHE PRECOCIOUS BABYTHE WORKING MONARCHTO PHŒBETHE APE AND THE LADYBAINES CAREW, GENTLEMANONLY ROSESTHOMAS WINTERBOTTOM HANCETHE ROVER'S APOLOGYA DISCONTENTED SUGAR BROKERAN APPEALTHE PANTOMIME "SUPER" TO HIS MASKTHE REWARD OF MERITTHE GHOST, THE GALLANT, THE GAEL, AND THE GOBLINTHE MAGNET AND THE CHURNKING BORRIA BUNGALEE BOOTHE FAMILY FOOLTHE PERIWINKLE GIRLSANS SOUCITHOMSON GREEN AND HARRIET HALEA RECIPEBOB POLTERTHE MERRYMAN AND HIS MAIDELLEN M'JONES ABERDEENTHE SUSCEPTIBLE CHANCELLORPETER THE WAGWHEN A MERRY MAIDEN MARRIESTHE THREE KINGS OF CHICKERABOOTHE BRITISH TARGENTLE ALICE BROWNA MAN WHO WOULD WOO A FAIR MAIDTHE SORCERER'S SONGTHE BUMBOAT WOMAN'S STORYTHE FICKLE BREEZETHE TWO OGRESTHE FIRST LORD'S SONGLITTLE OLIVERMISTER WILLIAMWOULD YOU KNOW?PASHA BAILEY BENLIEUTENANT-COLONEL FLARESPECULATIONAH ME!LOST MR. BLAKETHE DUKE OF PLAZA-TOROTHE BABY'S VENGEANCETHE ÆSTHETETHE CAPTAIN AND THE MERMAIDSSAID I TO MYSELF, SAID IANNIE PROTHEROESORRY HER LOTAN UNFORTUNATE LIKENESSTHE CONTEMPLATIVE SENTRYGREGORY PARABLE, LL.D.THE PHILOSOPHIC PILLTHE KING OF CANOODLE-DUMBLUE BLOODFIRST LOVETHE JUDGE'S SONGBRAVE ALUM BEYWHEN I FIRST PUT THIS UNIFORM ONSIR BARNABY BAMPTON BOOSOLATIUMTHE MODEST COUPLEA NIGHTMARETHE MARTINETDON'T FORGET!THE SAILOR BOY TO HIS LASSTHE SUICIDE'S GRAVETHE REVEREND SIMON MAGUSHE AND SHEDAMON v. PYTHIASTHE MIGHTY MUSTMY DREAMA MIRAGETHE BISHOP OF RUM-TI-FOO AGAINTHE GHOSTS' HIGH NOONA WORM WILL TURNTHE HUMANE MIKADOTHE HAUGHTY ACTORWILLOW WALY!THE TWO MAJORSLIFE IS LOVELY ALL THE YEAREMILY, JOHN, JAMES, AND ITHE USHER'S CHARGETHE PERILS OF INVISIBILITYTHE GREAT OAK TREEOLD PAUL AND OLD TIMKING GOODHEARTTHE MYSTIC SELVAGEESLEEP ON!THE CUNNING WOMANTHE LOVE-SICK BOYPHRENOLOGYPOETRY EVERYWHERETHE FAIRY CURATEHE LOVES!THE WAY OF WOOINGTRUE DIFFIDENCEHONGREE AND MAHRYTHE TANGLED SKEINTHE REVEREND MICAH SOWLSMY LADYONE AGAINST THE WORLDTHE FORCE OF ARGUMENTPUT A PENNY IN THE SLOTGOOD LITTLE GIRLSTHE PHANTOM CURATELIFELIMITED LIABILITYTHE SENSATION CAPTAINANGLICISED UTOPIAAN ENGLISH GIRLTEMPORA MUTANTURA MANAGER'S PERPLEXITIESOUT OF SORTSAT A PANTOMIMEHOW IT'S DONEA CLASSICAL REVIVALTHE STORY OF PRINCE AGIBTHE PRACTICAL JOKERTHE NATIONAL ANTHEMJOE GOLIGHTLYHER TERMSTHE INDEPENDENT BEETO THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBEETIQUETTE[12]THE DISCONCERTED TENORBEN ALLAH ACHMET;THE PLAYED-OUT HUMORISTPrevious chapter ←PROPER PRIDENext chapter →PART IAll chapters and sections (170)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsThe Bab BalladsCAPTAIN REECETHE DARNED MOUNSEERTHE RIVAL CURATESTHE ENGLISHMANONLY A DANCING GIRLTHE DISAGREEABLE MANGENERAL JOHNTHE COMING BY-AND-BYTO A LITTLE MAIDTHE HIGHLY RESPECTABLE GONDOLIERJOHN AND FREDDYTHE FAIRY QUEEN'S SONGSIR GUY THE CRUSADERIS LIFE A BOONHAUNTEDTHE MODERN MAJOR-GENERALTHE BISHOP AND THE 'BUSMANTHE HEAVY DRAGOONTHE TROUBADOURPROPER PRIDEFERDINANDO AND ELVIRA OR, THE GENTLE PIEMANParts1Part 1 · Other sectionsTHE POLICEMAN'S LOTLORENZO DE LARDYTHE BAFFLED GRUMBLERDISILLUSIONEDTHE HOUSE OF PEERSBABETTE'S LOVEA MERRY MADRIGALTO MY BRIDETHE DUKE AND THE DUCHESSTHE FOLLY OF BROWNEHEU FUGACES—!SIR MACKLINTHEY'LL NONE OF 'EM BE MISSEDTHE YARN OF THE "NANCY BELL"GIRL GRADUATESTHE BISHOP OF RUM-TI-FOOBRAID THE RAVEN HAIRTHE PRECOCIOUS BABYTHE WORKING MONARCHTO PHŒBETHE APE AND THE LADYBAINES CAREW, GENTLEMANONLY ROSESTHOMAS WINTERBOTTOM HANCETHE ROVER'S APOLOGYA DISCONTENTED SUGAR BROKERAN APPEALTHE PANTOMIME "SUPER" TO HIS MASKTHE REWARD OF MERITTHE GHOST, THE GALLANT, THE GAEL, AND THE GOBLINTHE MAGNET AND THE CHURNKING BORRIA BUNGALEE BOOTHE FAMILY FOOLTHE PERIWINKLE GIRLSANS SOUCITHOMSON GREEN AND HARRIET HALEA RECIPEBOB POLTERTHE MERRYMAN AND HIS MAIDELLEN M'JONES ABERDEENTHE SUSCEPTIBLE CHANCELLORPETER THE WAGWHEN A MERRY MAIDEN MARRIESTHE THREE KINGS OF CHICKERABOOTHE BRITISH TARGENTLE ALICE BROWNA MAN WHO WOULD WOO A FAIR MAIDTHE SORCERER'S SONGTHE BUMBOAT WOMAN'S STORYTHE FICKLE BREEZETHE TWO OGRESTHE FIRST LORD'S SONGLITTLE OLIVERMISTER WILLIAMWOULD YOU KNOW?PASHA BAILEY BENLIEUTENANT-COLONEL FLARESPECULATIONAH ME!LOST MR. BLAKETHE DUKE OF PLAZA-TOROTHE BABY'S VENGEANCETHE ÆSTHETETHE CAPTAIN AND THE MERMAIDSSAID I TO MYSELF, SAID IANNIE PROTHEROESORRY HER LOTAN UNFORTUNATE LIKENESSTHE CONTEMPLATIVE SENTRYGREGORY PARABLE, LL.D.THE PHILOSOPHIC PILLTHE KING OF CANOODLE-DUMBLUE BLOODFIRST LOVETHE JUDGE'S SONGBRAVE ALUM BEYWHEN I FIRST PUT THIS UNIFORM ONSIR BARNABY BAMPTON BOOSOLATIUMTHE MODEST COUPLEA NIGHTMARETHE MARTINETDON'T FORGET!THE SAILOR BOY TO HIS LASSTHE SUICIDE'S GRAVETHE REVEREND SIMON MAGUSHE AND SHEDAMON v. PYTHIASTHE MIGHTY MUSTMY DREAMA MIRAGETHE BISHOP OF RUM-TI-FOO AGAINTHE GHOSTS' HIGH NOONA WORM WILL TURNTHE HUMANE MIKADOTHE HAUGHTY ACTORWILLOW WALY!THE TWO MAJORSLIFE IS LOVELY ALL THE YEAREMILY, JOHN, JAMES, AND ITHE USHER'S CHARGETHE PERILS OF INVISIBILITYTHE GREAT OAK TREEOLD PAUL AND OLD TIMKING GOODHEARTTHE MYSTIC SELVAGEESLEEP ON!THE CUNNING WOMANTHE LOVE-SICK BOYPHRENOLOGYPOETRY EVERYWHERETHE FAIRY CURATEHE LOVES!THE WAY OF WOOINGTRUE DIFFIDENCEHONGREE AND MAHRYTHE TANGLED SKEINTHE REVEREND MICAH SOWLSMY LADYONE AGAINST THE WORLDTHE FORCE OF ARGUMENTPUT A PENNY IN THE SLOTGOOD LITTLE GIRLSTHE PHANTOM CURATELIFELIMITED LIABILITYTHE SENSATION CAPTAINANGLICISED UTOPIAAN ENGLISH GIRLTEMPORA MUTANTURA MANAGER'S PERPLEXITIESOUT OF SORTSAT A PANTOMIMEHOW IT'S DONEA CLASSICAL REVIVALTHE STORY OF PRINCE AGIBTHE PRACTICAL JOKERTHE NATIONAL ANTHEMJOE GOLIGHTLYHER TERMSTHE INDEPENDENT BEETO THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBEETIQUETTE[12]THE DISCONCERTED TENORBEN ALLAH ACHMET;THE PLAYED-OUT HUMORIST← PROPER PRIDEPART I →
