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: Book cover] THE BAB BALLADS BY W. S. GILBERT [Picture: Baby at piano] * * * * * MACMILLAN AND CO. LIMITED ST. MARTIN’S STREET, LONDON 1920 * * * * * COPYRIGHT _Transferred to Macmillan and Co. Ltd._ 1904 _Sixth Edition_ 1904 _Reprinted_ 1906, 1910, 1912, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1920 * * * * * CONTENTS PAGE CAPTAIN REECE 1 THE RIVAL CURATES 8 ONLY A DANCING GIRL 14 GENERAL JOHN 18 TO A LITTLE MAID 24 JOHN AND FREDDY 28 SIR GUY THE CRUSADER 34 HAUNTED 39 THE BISHOP AND THE ’BUSMAN 44 THE TROUBADOUR 51 FERDINANDO AND ELVIRA; OR, THE GENTLE PIEMAN 58 LORENZO DE LARDY 64 DISILLUSIONED 71 BABETTE’S LOVE 76 TO MY BRIDE 82 THE FOLLY OF BROWN 84 SIR MACKLIN 94 THE YARN OF THE “NANCY BELL” 101 THE BISHOP OF RUM-TI-FOO 108 THE PRECOCIOUS BABY 114 TO PHŒBE 122 BAINES CAREW, GENTLEMAN 125 THOMAS WINTERBOTTOM HANCE 131 THE REVEREND MICAH SOWLS 467 A DISCONTENTED SUGAR BROKER 138 THE PANTOMIME “SUPER” TO HIS MASK 144 THE FORCE OF ARGUMENT 475 THE GHOST, THE GALLANT, THE GAEL, AND THE GOBLIN 148 THE PHANTOM CURATE 484 THE SENSATION CAPTAIN 492 TEMPORA MUTANTUR 501 AT A PANTOMIME 508 KING BORRIA BUNGALEE BOO 155