The Bab Ballads by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert
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While a beautiful Saracen maiden
Is whipped by a Saracen snob? "To London I'll go from my charmer." Which he did, with his loot (Seven hats and a flute), And was nabbed for his Sydenham armour At MR. BEN-SAMUEL'S suit. SIR GUY he was lodged in the Compter, Her pa, in a rage, Died (don't know his age), His daughter, she married the prompter, Grew bulky and quitted the stage. Haunted Haunted? Ay, in a social way By a body of ghosts in dread array; But no conventional spectres they-- Appalling, grim, and tricky: I quail at mine as I'd never quail At a fine traditional spectre pale, With a turnip head and a ghostly wail, And a splash of blood on the dickey! |
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