Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert
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Tippy-Wippity Tol-the-Rol-Loo
Is the queen of a neighboring state-- A remarkably neighboring state. "Tippy-Wippity Tol-the-Rol-Loo, She would pickle deliciously cold-- And her four pretty Amazons, too, Are enticing, and not very old-- Twenty-seven is not very old. "There is neat little Titty-Fol-Leh, There is rollicking Tral-the-Ral-Lah, There is jocular Waggety-Weh. There is musical Doh-Reh-Mi-Fah-- There's the nightingale Doh-Reh-Mi-Fah!" So the forces of Bungalee Boo Marched forth in a terrible row, And the ladies who fought for Queen Loo Prepared to encounter the foe-- This dreadful insatiate foe! But they sharpened no weapons at all, And they poisoned no arrows--not they! They made ready to conquer or fall In a totally different way-- An entirely different way. With a crimson and pearly-white dye They endeavored to make themselves fair, |
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