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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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