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                         The Bab Ballads 



The Bab Ballads 



                ��More Bab Ballads�� 



                       W。 S。 Gilbert 



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                  Ballad�此                �Mister William 



     Oh�察  �listen   to   the   tale   of   MISTER   WILLIAM�察  �if   you   please�察  �Whom 

naughty�察�naughty  judges sent   away  beyond the   seas。  He forged   a   party's 

will�察  �which    caused    anxiety    and   strife�察 �Resulting     in  his  getting   penal 

servitude for life。 

     He   was   a   kindly  goodly  man�察  �and   naturally  prone�察  �Instead   of   taking 

others' gold�察�to give away his own。 But he had heard of Vice�察�and longed 

for only once to strike ´ To plan ONE little wickedness ´ to see what it was 

like。 

     He   argued   with   himself�察  �and   said�察   �A  spotless   man   am   I�察  �I   can't   be 

more respectable�察�however hard I try� �For six and thirty years I've always 

been as good as gold�察�And now for half an hour I'll plan infamy untold� �

     ;A baby who is wicked at the early age of one�察�And then reforms ´ and 

dies    at  thirty´six    a  spotless    son�察  �Is  never�察   �never   saddled     with   his 

babyhood's defect�察�But earns from worthy men consideration and respect。 

     ;So one who never revelled in discreditable tricks Until he reached the 

comfortable age of thirty´six�察�May then for half an hour perpetrate a deed 

of shame�察�Without incurring permanent disgrace�察�or even blame。 

     ;That babies don't commit such crimes as forgery is true�察�But little sins 

develop�察    �if  you   leave   'em   to  accrue�察  �And    he  who    shuns    all  vices  as 

successive seasons roll�察�Should reap at length the benefit of so much self´ 

control。 

     ;The common sin of babyhood ´ objecting to be drest ´ If you leave it 

to   accumulate      at   compound       interest�察 �For    anything     you   know�察    �may 

represent�察�if you're alive�察�A burglary or murder at the age of thirty´five。 

     ;Still�察�I wouldn't take advantage of this fact�察�but be content With some 

pardonable folly ´ it's a mere experiment。 The greater the temptation to go 

wrong�察�the less the sin�察�So with something that's particularly tempting I'll 

begin。 

     ;I would not steal a penny�察�for my income's very fair ´ I do not want a 

penny ´ I have pennies and to spare ´ And if I stole a penny from a money´ 

bag or till�察�The sin would be enormous ´ the temptation being NIL。 



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     ;But   if   I   broke   asunder   all   such   pettifogging   bounds�察 �And   forged   a 

party's    Will  for   ��say��  Five   Hundred     Thousand      Pounds�察   �With    such   an 

irresistible temptation to a haul�察�Of course the sin must be infinitesimally 

small。 

     ;There's WILSON who is dying ´ he has wealth from Stock and rent ´ 

If I divert his riches from their natural descent�察�I'm placed in a position to 

indulge each little whim。; So he diverted them ´ and they�察�in turn�察�diverted 

him。 

     Unfortunately�察  �though�察  �by   some   unpardonable   flaw�察  �Temptation   isn't 

recognized      by   Britain's  Common       Law�察   �Men    found    him   out   by  some 

peculiarity   of   touch�察  �And   WILLIAM   got   a   ;lifer�察─  �which   annoyed   him 

very much。 

     For�察�ah� �he never reconciled himself to life in gaol�察�He fretted and he 

pined�察�and grew dispirited and pale�察�He was numbered like a cabman�察�too�察�

which      told  upon    him    so   That    his  spirits�察  �once   so   buoyant�察    �grew 

uncomfortably low。 

     And sympathetic gaolers would remark�察 �It's very true�察�He ain't been 

brought up common�察�like the likes of me and you。; So they took him into 

hospital�察�and gave him mutton chops�察�And chocolate�察�and arrowroot�察�and 

buns�察�and malt and hops。 

     Kind Clergymen�察�besides�察�grew interested in his fate�察�Affected by the 

details of his pitiable state。 They waited on the Secretary�察�somewhere   in 

Whitehall�察�Who said he would receive them any day they liked to call。 

     ;Consider�察�sir�察�the hardship of this interesting case�此�A prison life brings 

with   it   something   very   like   disgrace�察  �It's   telling   on   young   WILLIAM�察�

who's reduced to skin and bone ´ Remember he's a gentleman�察�with money 

of his own。 

     ;He had an ample income�察�and of course he stands in need Of sherry 

with his dinner�察�and his customary weed�察�No delicacies now can pass his 

gentlemanly lips ´ He misses his sea´bathing and his continental trips。 

     ;He says the other prisoners are commonplace and rude�察�He says he 

cannot relish uncongenial prison food。 When quite a boy they taught him 

to distinguish Good from Bad�察�And other educational advantages he's had。 

     ;A   burglar   or   garotter�察  �or�察  �indeed�察  �a   common   thief   Is   very   glad   to 



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batten on potatoes and on beef�察�Or anything�察�in short�察�that prison kitchens 

can afford�察 � A cut above the diet in a common workhouse ward。 

     ;But beef and mutton´broth don't seem to suit our WILLIAM'S whim�察�

A  boon   to   other  prisoners   ´   a  punishment   to him。  It   never  was   intended 

that the discipline of gaol Should dash a convict's spirits�察�sir�察�or make him 

thin or pale。; 

     ;Good   Gracious   Me� ─  �that   sympathetic   Secretary   cried�察   �Suppose   in 

prison fetters MISTER WILLIAM should have died� �Dear me�察�of course� �

Imprisonment for LIFE his sentence saith�此�I'm very glad you mentioned it 

´ it might have been For Death� �

     ;Release him with a ticket ´ he'll be better then�察�no doubt�察�And tell him 

I apologize。;      So MISTER WILLIAM'S out。 I hope he will be careful in 

his manuscripts�察�I'm sure�察�And not begin experimentalizing any more。 



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        Ballad�此              �The Bumboat Woman's 

                                      Story 



     I'm old�察 �my dears�察 �and shrivelled   with   age�察�and   work�察�and   grief�察 �My 

eyes   are   gone�察  �and   my   teeth   have   been   drawn   by   Time�察  �the   Thief�   �For 

terrible   sights   I've   seen�察  �and   dangers   great   I've   run   ´   I'm   nearly   seventy 

now�察�and my work is almost done� �

    Ah�     �I've been young in my time�察�and I've played the deuce with men� �

I'm speaking of ten years past ´ I was barely sixty then�此�My cheeks were 

mellow and soft�察�and my eyes were large and sweet�察�POLL PINEAPPLE'S 

eyes were the standing toast of the Royal Fleet� �

    A bumboat woman was I�察�and I faithfully served the ships With apples 

and   cakes�察  �and   fowls�察  �and   beer�察  �and   halfpenny   dips�察  �And   beef   for   the 

generous      mess�察  �where     the  officers   dine   at  nights�察  �And     fine  fresh 

peppermint drops for the rollicking midshipmites。 

     Of all the kind commanders who anchored in Portsmouth Bay�察�By far 

the   sweetest   of   all   was   kind   LIEUTENANT   BELAYE。'   LIEUTENANT 

BELAYE   commanded   the   gunboat   HOT   CROSS   BUN�察  �She   was   seven 

and thirty feet in length�察�and she carried a gun。 

    With   a   laudable   view   of   enhancing   his   country's   naval   pride�察  �When 

people inquired her size�察�LIEUTENANT BELAYE replied�察 �Oh�察�my ship�察�

my ship is the first of the Hundred and Seventy´ ones� ─�Which meant her 

tonnage�察�but people imagined it meant her guns。 

    Whenever I went on board he would beckon me down below�察 �Come 

down�察�Little Buttercup�察�come; ��for he loved to call me so���察�And he'd tell of 

the   fights  at  sea  in  which    he'd  taken   a  part�察 �And   so   LIEUTENANT 

BELAYE won poor POLL PINEAPPLE'S heart� �

    But   at   length   his   orders   came�察  �and   he   said   one   day�察  �said   he�察   �I'm 

ordered to sail with the HOT CROSS BUN to the German Sea。; And the 

Portsmouth      maidens     wept   when    they   learnt   the  evil  day�察  �For  every 

Portsmouth maid loved good LIEUTENANT BELAYE。 

    And I went to a back back street�察�with plenty of cheap cheap shops�察�



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And I bought an oilskin hat and a second´hand suit of slops�察�And I went to 

LIEUTENANT   BELAYE   ��and   he   never   suspected   ME�。�   And   I   entered 

myself as a chap as wanted to go to sea。 

    We sailed that afternoon at the mystic hour of one�察 � Remarkably nice 

young men were the crew of the HOT CROSS BUN�察�I'm sorry to say that 

I've heard that sailors sometimes swear�察�But I never yet heard a BUN say 

anything wrong�察�I declare。 

    When      Jack   Tars  meet�察  �they   meet   with   a  ;Messmate�察    �ho�    �What 

cheer�拭─�But here�察�on the HOT CROSS BUN�察�it was ;How do you do�察�my 

dear�拭─�When Jack Tars growl�察�I believe they growl with a big big D´ But 

the strongest oath of the HOT CROSS BUNS was a mild ;Dear me� ─�

    Yet�察�though they were all well´bred�察�you could scarcely call them slick�此�

Whenever a sea was on�察�they were all extremely sick�察�And whenever the 

weather was calm�察�and the wind was light and fair�察�They spent more time 

than a sailor should on his back back hair。 

    They certainly shivered and shook when ordered aloft to run�察�And they 

screamed when LIEUTENANT BELAYE discharged his only gun。 And as 

he was proud of his gun ´ such pride is hardly wrong ´ The Lieutenant was 

blazing away at intervals all day long。 

    They all agreed very well�察�though at times you heard it said That BILL 

had a way of his own of making his lips look red ´ That JOE looked quite 

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