The Bab Ballads by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert
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He purchased a stall for the season,
And sat in it every night. His views were exceedingly proper, He wanted to wed, So he called at her shed And saw her progenitor whop her-- Her mother sit down on her head. "So pretty," said he, "and so trusting! You brute of a dad, You unprincipled cad, Your conduct is really disgusting, Come, come, now admit it's too bad! "You're a turbaned old Turk, and malignant-- Your daughter LENORE I intensely adore, And I cannot help feeling indignant, A fact that I hinted before; "To see a fond father employing A deuce of a knout For to bang her about, To a sensitive lover's annoying." Said the bagman, "Crusader, get out." Says GUY, "Shall a warrior laden With a big spiky knob, Sit in peace on his cob |
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