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the bab ballads-第10部分

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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…ROL…LOO …

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 DOODLE…DUM…DEY;

And musical DOH…REH…MI…FAH

By good little TOOTLE…DUM…TEH …

Exemplary TOOTLE…TUM…TEH!







Ballad: The Periwinkle Girl







I've often thought that headstrong youths

Of decent education;

Determine all…important truths;

With strange precipitation。



The ever…ready victims they;

Of logical illusions;

And in a self…assertive way

They jump at strange conclusions。



Now take my case:  Ere sorrow could

My ample forehead wrinkle;

I had determined that I should

Not care to be a winkle。



〃A winkle;〃 I would oft advance

With readiness provoking;

〃Can seldom flirt; and never dance;

Or soothe his mind by smoking。〃



In short; I spurned the shelly joy;

And spoke with strange decision …

Men pointed to me as a boy

Who held them in derision。



But I was young … too young; by far …

Or I had been more wary;

I knew not then that winkles are

The stock…in…trade of MARY。



I had not watched her sunlight blithe

As o'er their shells it dances …

I've seen those winkles almost writhe

Beneath her beaming glances。



Of slighting all the winkly brood

I surely had been chary;

If I had known they formed the food

And stock…in…trade of MARY。



Both high and low and great and small

Fell prostrate at her tootsies;

They all were noblemen; and all

Had balances at COUTTS'S。



Dukes with the lovely maiden dealt;

DUKE BAILEY and DUKE HUMPHY;

Who ate her winkles till they felt

Exceedingly uncomfy。



DUKE BAILEY greatest wealth computes;

And sticks; they say; at no…thing;

He wears a pair of golden boots

And silver underclothing。



DUKE HUMPHY; as I understand;

Though mentally acuter;

His boots are only silver; and

His underclothing pewter。



A third adorer had the girl;

A man of lowly station …

A miserable grov'ling Earl

Besought her approbation。



This humble cad she did refuse

With much contempt and loathing;

He wore a pair of leather shoes

And cambric underclothing!



〃Ha! ha!〃 she cried。  〃Upon my word!

Well; really … come; I never!

Oh; go along; it's too absurd!

My goodness!  Did you ever?



〃Two Dukes would Mary make a bride;

And from her foes defend her〃 …

〃Well; not exactly that;〃 they cried;

〃We offer guilty splendour。



〃We do not offer marriage rite;

So please dismiss the notion!〃

〃Oh dear;〃 said she; 〃that alters quite

The state of my emotion。〃



The Earl he up and says; says he;

〃Dismiss them to their orgies;

For I am game to marry thee

Quite reg'lar at St。 George's。〃



(He'd had; it happily befell;

A decent education;

His views would have befitted well

A far superior station。)



His sterling worth had worked a cure;

She never heard him grumble;

She saw his soul was good and pure;

Although his rank was humble。



Her views of earldoms and their lot;

All underwent expansion …

Come; Virtue in an earldom's cot!

Go; Vice in ducal mansion!







Ballad: Thomson Green And Harriet Hale

(To be sung to the Air of 〃An 'Orrible Tale。〃)







Oh list to this incredible tale

Of THOMSON GREEN and HARRIET HALE;

Its truth in one remark you'll sum …

〃Twaddle twaddle twaddle twaddle twaddle twaddle twum!〃



Oh; THOMSON GREEN was an auctioneer;

And made three hundred pounds a year;

And HARRIET HALE; most strange to say;

Gave pianoforte lessons at a sovereign a day。



Oh; THOMSON GREEN; I may remark;

Met HARRIET HALE in Regent's Park;

Where he; in a casual kind of way;

Spoke of the extraordinary beauty of the day。



They met again; and strange; though true;

He courted her for a month or two;

Then to her pa he said; says he;

〃Old man; I love your daughter and your daughter worships me!〃



Their names were regularly banned;

The wedding day was settled; and

I've ascertained by dint of search

They were married on the quiet at St。 Mary Abbot's Church。



Oh; list to this incredible tale

Of THOMSON GREEN and HARRIET HALE;

Its truth in one remark you'll sum …

〃Twaddle twaddle twaddle twaddle twaddle twaddle twum!〃



That very self…same afternoon

They started on their honeymoon;

And (oh; astonishment!) took flight

To a pretty little cottage close to Shanklin; Isle of Wight。



But now … you'll doubt my word; I know …

In a month they both returned; and lo!

Astounding fact! this happy pair

Took a gentlemanly residence in Canonbury Square!



They led a weird and reckless life;

They dined each day; this man and wife

(Pray disbelieve it; if you please);

On a joint of meat; a pudding; and a little bit of cheese。



In time came those maternal joys

Which take the form of girls or boys;

And strange to say of each they'd one …

A tiddy…iddy daughter; and a tiddy…iddy son!



Oh; list to this incredible tale

Of THOMSON GREEN and HARRIET HALE;

Its truth in one remark you'll sum …

〃Twaddle twaddle twaddle twaddle twaddle twaddle twum!〃



My name for truth is gone; I fear;

But; monstrous as it may appear;

They let their drawing…room one day

To an eligible person in the cotton…broking way。



Whenever THOMSON GREEN fell sick

His wife called in a doctor; quick;

From whom some words like these would come …

FIAT MIST。 SUMENDUM HAUSTUS; in a COCHLEYAREUM。



For thirty years this curious pair

Hung out in Canonbury Square;

And somehow; wonderful to say;

They loved each other dearly in a quiet sort of way。



Well; THOMSON GREEN fell ill and died;

For just a year his widow cried;

And then her heart she gave away

To the eligible lodger in the cotton…broking way。



Oh; list to this incredible tale

Of THOMSON GREEN and HARRIET HALE;

Its truth in one remark you'll sum …

〃Twaddle twaddle twaddle twaddle twaddle twaddle twum!〃







Ballad: Bob Polter







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。〃



The demon gave a drunken shriek;

And crept away in stealthiness;

And lo! instead; a person sleek;

Who seemed to burst with healthiness。



〃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!〃







Ballad: The Story Of Prince Agib







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