Lost Bab ballads By W. S. Gilbert: Collected, edited and illustrated by Townley Searle |
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TO MY ABSENT HUSBAND |
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TO MY ABSENT HUSBAND
Tell me, Edward, dost remember
How, at breakfast, often we
Put our bacon in the tea-pot
While we took and fried our tea?
How, at breakfast, often we
Put our bacon in the tea-pot
While we took and fried our tea?
How we went to evening parties
On gigantic brewer's drays,
How you wore your coats and trousers,
In those happy, happy days?
On gigantic brewer's drays,
How you wore your coats and trousers,
In those happy, happy days?
How we used to pocket ices,
When a modest lunch we bought?
Quaff the foaming Abernethy,
Masticate the crusty port?
When a modest lunch we bought?
Quaff the foaming Abernethy,
Masticate the crusty port?
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How we fished in deep sea water
For the barbel, tench and carp?
Wore our rings upon our pencils,
While we cut our fingers sharp?
For the barbel, tench and carp?
Wore our rings upon our pencils,
While we cut our fingers sharp?
How we cleaned our boots with sherry
While we drank the blacking dry?
How we quite forgot to pay for
Articles we used to buy?
While we drank the blacking dry?
How we quite forgot to pay for
Articles we used to buy?
How, a ruffian, prosecuting,
Who'd been swindled, so he said,
We appeared at the Old Bailey,
And were done, ourselves, instead?
Who'd been swindled, so he said,
We appeared at the Old Bailey,
And were done, ourselves, instead?
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