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the bab ballads-第13部分
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Through pathless realms of Space
Roll on!
What though I'm in a sorry case?
What though I cannot meet my bills?
What though I suffer toothache's ills?
What though I swallow countless pills?
Never YOU mind!
Roll on!
Roll on; thou ball; roll on!
Through seas of inky air
Roll on!
It's true I've got no shirts to wear;
It's true my butcher's bill is due;
It's true my prospects all look blue …
But don't let that unsettle you!
Never YOU mind!
Roll on!
'IT ROLLS ON。
Ballad: Gentle Alice Brown
It was a robber's daughter; and her name was ALICE BROWN;
Her father was the terror of a small Italian town;
Her mother was a foolish; weak; but amiable old thing;
But it isn't of her parents that I'm going for to sing。
As ALICE was a…sitting at her window…sill one day;
A beautiful young gentleman he chanced to pass that way;
She cast her eyes upon him; and he looked so good and true;
That she thought; 〃I could be happy with a gentleman like you!〃
And every morning passed her house that cream of gentlemen;
She knew she might expect him at a quarter unto ten;
A sorter in the Custom…house; it was his daily road
(The Custom…house was fifteen minutes' walk from her abode)。
But ALICE was a pious girl; who knew it wasn't wise
To look at strange young sorters with expressive purple eyes;
So she sought the village priest to whom her family confessed;
The priest by whom their little sins were carefully assessed。
〃Oh; holy father;〃 ALICE said; 〃't would grieve you; would it not;
To discover that I was a most disreputable lot?
Of all unhappy sinners I'm the most unhappy one!〃
The padre said; 〃Whatever have you been and gone and done?〃
〃I have helped mamma to steal a little kiddy from its dad;
I've assisted dear papa in cutting up a little lad;
I've planned a little burglary and forged a little cheque;
And slain a little baby for the coral on its neck!〃
The worthy pastor heaved a sigh; and dropped a silent tear;
And said; 〃You mustn't judge yourself too heavily; my dear:
It's wrong to murder babies; little corals for to fleece;
But sins like these one expiates at half…a…crown apiece。
〃Girls will be girls … you're very young; and flighty in your mind;
Old heads upon young shoulders we must not expect to find:
We mustn't be too hard upon these little girlish tricks …
Let's see … five crimes at half…a…crown … exactly twelve…and…six。〃
〃Oh; father;〃 little Alice cried; 〃your kindness makes me weep;
You do these little things for me so singularly cheap …
Your thoughtful liberality I never can forget;
But; oh! there is another crime I haven't mentioned yet!
〃A pleasant…looking gentleman; with pretty purple eyes;
I've noticed at my window; as I've sat a…catching flies;
He passes by it every day as certain as can be …
I blush to say I've winked at him; and he has winked at me!〃
〃For shame!〃 said FATHER PAUL; 〃my erring daughter! On my word
This is the most distressing news that I have ever heard。
Why; naughty girl; your excellent papa has pledged your hand
To a promising young robber; the lieutenant of his band!
〃This dreadful piece of news will pain your worthy parents so!
They are the most remunerative customers I know;
For many many years they've kept starvation from my doors:
I never knew so criminal a family as yours!
〃The common country folk in this insipid neighbourhood
Have nothing to confess; they're so ridiculously good;
And if you marry any one respectable at all;
Why; you'll reform; and what will then become of FATHER PAUL?〃
The worthy priest; he up and drew his cowl upon his crown;
And started off in haste to tell the news to ROBBER BROWN …
To tell him how his daughter; who was now for marriage fit;
Had winked upon a sorter; who reciprocated it。
Good ROBBER BROWN he muffled up his anger pretty well:
He said; 〃I have a notion; and that notion I will tell;
I will nab this gay young sorter; terrify him into fits;
And get my gentle wife to chop him into little bits。
〃I've studied human nature; and I know a thing or two:
Though a girl may fondly love a living gent; as many do …
A feeling of disgust upon her senses there will fall
When she looks upon his body chopped particularly small。〃
He traced that gallant sorter to a still suburban square;
He watched his opportunity; and seized him unaware;
He took a life…preserver and he hit him on the head;
And MRS。 BROWN dissected him before she went to bed。
And pretty little ALICE grew more settled in her mind;
She never more was guilty of a weakness of the kind;
Until at length good ROBBER BROWN bestowed her pretty hand
On the promising young robber; the lieutenant of his band。
End
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