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50 bab ballads(50篇巴布歌谣)-第6部分
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〃ALACK…A…DEY; famished I feel; Oh; good little TOOTLE…TUMTEH;
Where on earth shall I look for a meal? For I haven't no dinner today!
… Not a morsel of dinner to…day!
〃Dear TOOTLE…TUM; what shall we do? Come; get us a meal; or; in
truth; If you don't; we shall have to eat you; Oh; adorable friend of our
youth! Thou beloved little friend of our youth!〃
And he answered; 〃Oh; BUNGALEE BOO; For a moment I hope you
will wait; …TIPPY…WIPPITY TOL…THE…ROL…LOO Is the Queen of a
neighbouring state … A remarkably neighbouring state。
〃TIPPY…WIPPITY TOL…THE…ROL…LOO; She would pickle
deliciously cold … And her four pretty Amazons; too; Are enticing; and not
very old … Twenty…seven is not very old。
〃There is neat little TITTY…FOL…LEH; There is rollicking TRALTHE…
RAL…LAH; There is jocular WAGGETY…WEH; There is musical
DOH…REH…MI…FAH … There's the nightingale DOH…REH…MI…FAH!〃
So the forces of BUNGALEE BOO Marched forth in a terrible row;
And the ladies who fought for QUEEN LOO Prepared to encounter the foe
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Fifty 〃Bab〃 Ballads … Much Sound and Little Sense
This dreadful; insatiate foe!
But they sharpened no weapons at all; And they poisoned no arrows not
they! They made ready to conquer or fall In a totally different way An
entirely different way。
With a crimson and pearly…white dye They endeavoured to make
themselves fair; With black they encircled each eye; And with yellow they
painted their hair (It was wool; but they thought it was hair)。
And the forces they met in the field:… And the men of KING BORRIA
said; 〃Amazonians; immediately yield!〃 And their arrows they drew to the
head … Yes; drew them right up to the head。
But jocular WAGGETY…WEH Ogled DOODLE…DUM…DEY (which
was wrong); And neat little TITTY…FOL…LEH Said; 〃TOOTLE…TUM; you
go along! You naughty old dear; go along!〃
And rollicking TRAL…THE…RAL…LAH Tapped ALACK…A…DEY…AH
with her fan; And musical DOH…REH…MI…FAH Said; 〃PISH; go away; you
bad man! Go away; you delightful young man!〃
And the Amazons simpered and sighed; And they ogled; and giggled;
and flushed; And they opened their pretty eyes wide; And they chuckled;
and flirted; and blushed (At least; if they could; they'd have blushed)。
But haughty PISH…TUSH…POOH…BAH Said; 〃ALACK…A…DEY; what
does this mean?〃 And despairing ALACK…A…DEY…AH Said; 〃They think
us uncommonly green! Ha! ha! most uncommonly green!〃
Even blundering DOODLE…DUM…DEY Was insensible quite to their
leers; And said good little TOOTLE…TUM…TEH; 〃It's your blood we desire;
pretty dears … We have come for our dinners; my dears!〃
And the Queen of the Amazons fell To BORRIA BUNGALEE BOO; In
a mouthful he gulped; with a yell; TIPPY…WIPPITY TOL…THE…ROLLOO
… The pretty QUEEN TOL…THE…ROL…LOO。
And neat little TITTY…FOL…LEH Was eaten by PISH…POOH…BAH;
And light…hearted WAGGETY…WEH By dismal ALACK…A…DEY…AH Despairing
ALACK…A…DEY…AH。
And rollicking TRAL…THE…RAL…LAH Was eaten by DOODLEDUM…
DEY; And musical DOH…REH…MI…FAH By good little TOOTLEDUM…
TEH … Exemplary TOOTLE…TUM…TEH!
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Fifty 〃Bab〃 Ballads … Much Sound and Little Sense
BOB POLTER was a navvy; and His hands were coarse; and dirty too;
His homely face was rough and tanned; His time of life was thirty…two。
He lived among a working clan (A wife he hadn't got at all); A decent;
steady; sober man … No saint; however … not at all。
He smoked; but in a modest way; Because he thought he needed it; He
drank a pot of beer a day; And sometimes he exceeded it。
At times he'd pass with other men A loud convivial night or two; With;
very likely; now and then; On Saturdays; a fight or two。
But still he was a sober soul; A labour…never…shirking man; Who paid
his way … upon the whole A decent English working man。
One day; when at the Nelson's Head (For which he may be blamed of
you); A holy man appeared; and said; 〃Oh; ROBERT; I'm ashamed of
you。〃
He laid his hand on ROBERT'S beer Before he could drink up any;
And on the floor; with sigh and tear; He poured the pot of 〃thruppenny。〃
〃Oh; ROBERT; at this very bar A truth you'll be discovering; A good
and evil genius are Around your noddle hovering。
〃They both are here to bid you shun The other one's society; For Total
Abstinence is one; The other; Inebriety。〃
He waved his hand … a vapour came … A wizard POLTER reckoned him;
A bogy rose and called his name; And with his finger beckoned him。
The monster's salient points to sum; … His heavy breath was portery:
His glowing nose suggested rum: His eyes were gin…and…WORtery。
His dress was torn … for dregs of ale And slops of gin had rusted it; His
pimpled face was wan and pale; Where filth had not encrusted it。
〃Come; POLTER;〃 said the fiend; 〃begin; And keep the bowl a…
flowing on … A working man needs pints of gin To keep his clockwork
going on。〃
BOB shuddered: 〃Ah; you've made a miss If you take me for one of
you: You filthy beast; get out of this … BOB POLTER don't wan't none of
you。〃
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〃In me; as your adviser hints; Of Abstinence you've got a type … Of MR。
TWEEDIE'S pretty prints I am the happy prototype。
〃If you abjure the social toast; And pipes; and such frivolities; You
possibly some day may boast My prepossessing qualities!〃
BOB rubbed his eyes; and made 'em blink: 〃You almost make me
tremble; you! If I abjure fermented drink; Shall I; indeed; resemble you?
〃And will my whiskers curl so tight? My cheeks grow smug and
muttony? My face become so red and white? My coat so blue and
buttony?
〃Will trousers; such as yours; array Extremities inferior? Will
chubbiness assert its sway All over my exterior?
〃In this; my unenlightened state; To work in heavy boots I comes; Will
pumps henceforward decorate My tiddle toddle tootsicums?
〃And shall I get so plump and fresh; And look no longer seedily? My
skin will henceforth fit my flesh So tightly and so TWEEDIE…ly?〃
The phantom said; 〃You'll have all this; You'll know no kind of
huffiness; Your life will be one chubby bliss; One long unruffled
puffiness!〃
〃Be off!〃 said irritated BOB。 〃Why come you here to bother one? You
pharisaical old snob; You're wuss almost than t'other one!
〃I takes my pipe … I takes my pot; And drunk I'm never seen to be: I'm
no teetotaller or sot; And as I am I mean to be!〃
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AGIB。
STRIKE the concertina's melancholy string! Blow the spirit…stirring
harp like anything! Let the piano's martial blast Rouse the Echoes of the
Past; For of AGIB; PRINCE OF TARTARY; I sing!
Of AGIB; who; amid Tartaric scenes; Wrote a lot of ballet music in his
teens: His gentle spirit rolls In the melody of souls … Which is pretty; but I
don't know what it means。
Of AGIB; who could readily; at sight; Strum a march upon the loud
Theodolite。 He would diligently play On the Zoetrope all day; And blow
the gay Pantechnicon all night。
One winter … I am shaky in my dates … Came two starving Tartar
minstrels to his gates; Oh; ALLAH be obeyed; How infernally they played!
I remember that they called themselves the 〃O乤
its。〃
Oh! that day of sorrow; misery; and rage; I shall carry to the
Catacombs of Age; Photographically lined On the tablet of my mind;
When a yesterday has faded from its page!
Alas! PRINCE AGIB went and asked them in; Gave them beer; and
eggs; and sweets; and scent; and tin。 And when (as snobs would say) They
had 〃put it all away;〃 He requested them to tune up and begin。
Though its icy horror chill you to the core; I will tell you what I never
told before; … The consequences true Of that awful interview; FOR I
LISTENED AT THE KEYHOLE IN THE DOOR!
They played him a sonata … let me see! 〃MEDULLA OBLONGATA〃 key
of G。 Then they began to sing That extremely lovely thing;
SCHERZANDO! MA NON TROPPO; PPP。〃
He gave them money; more than they could count; Scent from a most
ingenious little fount; More beer; in little kegs; Many dozen hard…boiled
eggs; And goodies to a fabulous amount。
Now follows the dim horror of my tale; And I feel I'm growing
gradually pale; For; even at this day; Though its sting has passed away;
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The elder of the brothers gave a squeal; All…overish it made me for to
feel; 〃Oh; PRINCE;〃 he says; says he; 〃IF A PRINCE INDEED YOU BE;
I've a mystery I'm going to reveal!
〃Oh; listen; if you'd shun a horrid death; To what the gent who's
speaking to you saith: No 'O乤
its' in truth are we; As you fancy that we be;
For (ter…remble!) I am ALECK … this is BETH!〃
Said AGIB; 〃Oh! accursed of your kind; I have heard that ye are men
of evil mind!〃 BETH gave a dreadful shriek … But before he'd time to
speak I was mercilessly collared from behind。
In number ten or twelve; or even more; They fastened me full length
upon the floor。 On my face extended flat; I was walloped with a cat For
listening at the keyhole of a door。
Oh! the horror of that agonizing thrill! (I can feel the place in frosty
weather still)。 For a week from ten to four I was fastened to the floor;
While a mercenary wopped me with a will
They branded me and broke me on a wheel; And they left me in an
hospital to heal; And; upon my solemn word; I have never never heard
What those Tartars had determined to reveal。
But that day of sorrow; misery; and rage; I shall carry to the Catacombs
of Age; Photographically lined On the tablet of my mind; When a
yesterday has faded from its page
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ABERDEEN。
MACPHAIRSON
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