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The Ingoldsby Lyrics

By Thomas Ingoldsby [i.e. R. H. Barham]
Ingoldsby, Thomas (1788-1845)

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Verses
  
Benevolence.
  
Occasional Epilogue,
  
Ballad.
  
The Resolution;
  
Encomium Irregulare.
  
The Victim of Sensibility.
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Charades.
 I. 
I .
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
  
Enigma.
  
The Rival Josephs.
  
Verses,
  
The Relic;
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POLITICAL SKITS, PARODIES, Etc.
  
Waddington's Name.
  
My Adieu to a “Man of Sense.”
  
The London University;
  
The Spots in the Sun.
  
Greece.
  
La Belle Ordamis.
  
A London Eclogue.
  
The Mad Dog!!!
  
Swing.
  
The Oath.
  
The Distrest Laddie,
  
The Hat;
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The Old Woman's Cat.
  
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MORAL.
  
Lord Waithman's Lament.
  
A New Song to an Old Tune.
  
The Irish Fisherman.
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OCCASIONAL PIECES.
  
Ode.
  
The House that Jack Built.
  
The Dark-looking Man.
  
Mother Goose's Tale;
  
Childe Nugent.
  
Virgo Infelix.
  
Encomium Longanum.
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Relics of Antient Poetry.
 I. 
No. I.
 II. 
Part II.
  
Correspondence.
  
A Strand Eclogue.
  
Garris v. Kemble.
  
The Modern Ixion:
  
The Cabouat Tragedy.
  
The Brave Lieutenant Fitch.
  
Lines Left at Hook's House in June, 1834.
  
A Parody.
  
Lament.
  
Lines
  
The Church's Petition.
  
To Dr. Roberts, with a China Jug.
  
The Two M.P.'s.
  
Lines on the Birthday of Sir Thomas White.
  
The Coronation.
  
A Song of Sixpence.
  
Advertisement.
  
Sum and Substance of a New Domestic Tragedy.
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FAMILY POETRY.
  
Dick's Long-Tailed Coat.
  
The Country Seat.
  
The Sheriff's Ball.
  
The Drawing Room.
  
To Jerry
  
Lines on the Tom Cat.
  
A Medley.
  
My Dream
  
To Mrs. Scoones.
  
A Phrenological Fragment.
  
Moral Reflections.
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SONGS, EPIGRAMS, Etc.
  
The Cavalier.
  
The Lord Warenne.
  
On the Death of a Daughter.
  
Too Late.
  
A Glee
  
Ballad.
  
The Demolished Farce,
  
Epitaph
  
Epitaph on Myself
  
Martial, Lib. 12, Epig. 94.
  
Extempore Translation
  
The Torrent.
  
On the Windows of King's College Remaining Boarded.
  
An Archæological Hint to the Curators of Canterbury Cathedral.
  
Epigram on a Dull Book.
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FAMILIAR EPISTLES.
  
To Doctor Wilmot.
  
To Henry Colburn, Esq., etc., etc.
  
To R. H. D. Barham.
  
To Master Edward Barham (Ætat. 8.)
  
To T. Ryde, Esq.
  
A Friendly Remonstrance.
  
To Doctor Hume.
  
To Miss Barham.
  
To Richard Bentley, Esq.
  
To Dr. Hume.
  
To the Garrick Club.
  
The Radiant Boy.
  
The Bulletin.

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Ballad.

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Tune—“Oh, no! we never mention him.”

They say that I am silent, and my silence they condemn,
For O! although they talk to me, I never talk to them!
I heed not what they think, although I know 'tis thought by some
That I am dumb or deaf, but O! I'm neither deaf nor dumb!
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They say I'm looking sick and pale; and well indeed they may;
They tell me, too, that I am sad; I'm anything but gay!
They smile—but O! the more they smile, the more, alas! I sigh;
And when they strive to make me laugh, I turn me round and cry!
They bid me sing the song I sung, as I have sung before,
The song I sung no more I sing—my singing days are o'er!
They bid me play the fiddle too—my fiddle it is mute!
Nor can I, as I used to do, blow tunes upon the flute!
The feeling fain would soothe my woe, the heartless say I sham;
The ribald mock my grief, and call me—Sentimental Sam!
They cannot guess what 'tis I want—there's few indeed that can:
I want—
I want—
I want to be a butterfly, and flutter round a fan!
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