Transcribed from the 1920 Macmillan and Co edition of “The Bab Ballads”, also from “Fifty Bab Ballads” 1884 George Routledge and Sons edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org [Picture: Public domain book cover] Songs of a Savoyard CONTENTS PAGE THE DARNED MOUNSEER 6 THE ENGLISHMAN 13 THE DISAGREEABLE MAN 16 THE COMING BY-AND-BY 22 THE HIGHLY RESPECTABLE GONDOLIER 26 THE FAIRY QUEEN’S SONG 32 IS LIFE A BOON 38 THE MODERN MAJOR-GENERAL 42 THE HEAVY DRAGOON 49 PROPER PRIDE 56 THE POLICEMAN’S LOT 63 THE BAFFLED GRUMBLER 69 THE HOUSE OF PEERS 74 A MERRY MADRIGAL 81 THE DUKE AND THE DUCHESS 84 EHEU FUGACES—! 92 THEY’LL NONE OF ’EM BE MISSED 99 GIRL GRADUATES 106 BRAID THE RAVEN HAIR 113 THE WORKING MONARCH 119 THE APE AND THE LADY 123 ONLY ROSES 130 THE ROVER’S APOLOGY 136 AN APPEAL 143 THE REWARD OF MERIT 146 THE MAGNET AND THE CHURN 153 THE FAMILY FOOL 161 SANS SOUCI 169 A RECIPE 175 THE MERRYMAN AND HIS MAID 182 THE SUSCEPTIBLE CHANCELLOR 191 WHEN A MERRY MAIDEN MARRIES 198 THE BRITISH TAR 204 A MAN WHO WOULD WOO A FAIR MAID 209 THE SORCERER’S SONG 211 THE FICKLE BREEZE 219 THE FIRST LORD’S SONG 227 WOULD YOU KNOW? 240 SPECULATION 254 AH ME! 255 THE DUKE OF PLAZA-TORO 262 THE ÆSTHETE 271 SAID I TO MYSELF, SAID I 278 SORRY HER LOT 286 THE CONTEMPLATIVE SENTRY 292 THE PHILOSOPHIC PILL 299 BLUE BLOOD 307 THE JUDGE’S SONG 315 WHEN I FIRST PUT THIS UNIFORM ON 322 SOLATIUM 329 A NIGHTMARE 335 DON’T FORGET! 345 THE SUICIDE’S GRAVE 354 HE AND SHE 361 THE MIGHTY MUST 367 A MIRAGE 374 THE GHOSTS’ HIGH NOON 381 THE HUMANE MIKADO 388