The Bab Ballads
By William Schwenck Gilbert
Length2h 7m
About this audiobook
"The Bab Ballads" is a collection of humorous and whimsical poems and songs written by W. S. Gilbert, a British author and playwright. These verses, originally published in magazines during the mid-late 19th century, are often absurd, playfully critiquing social norms of Victorian Era England. Some of them even served as the inspiration for Gilbert and Sullivan's famous comic operas.
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GenreHumor
Length2 hrs 7 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 1, 1869
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CAPTAIN REECE
2THE RIVAL CURATES
3ONLY A DANCING GIRL
4GENERAL JOHN
5TO A LITTLE MAID BY A POLICEMAN
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6JOHN AND FREDDY
7SIR GUY THE CRUSADER
8HAUNTED
9THE BISHOP AND THE ’BUSMAN
10THE TROUBADOUR
11FERDINANDO AND ELVIRA OR, THE GENTLE PIEMAN
12LORENZO DE LARDY
13DISILLUSIONED BY AN EX-ENTHUSIAST
14BABETTE’S LOVE
15TO MY BRIDE (WHOEVER SHE MAY BE)
16THE FOLLY OF BROWN By a General Agent
17SIR MACKLIN
18THE YARN OF THE “NANCY BELL”
19THE BISHOP OF RUM-TI-FOO
20THE PRECOCIOUS BABY. A VERY TRUE TALE
21TO PHŒBE
22BAINES CAREW, GENTLEMAN
23THOMAS WINTERBOTTOM HANCE
24THE REVEREND MICAH SOWLS
25A DISCONTENTED SUGAR BROKER
26THE PANTOMIME “SUPER” TO HIS MASK
27THE FORCE OF ARGUMENT
28THE GHOST, THE GALLANT, THE GAEL, AND THE GOBLIN
29THE PHANTOM CURATE. A FABLE
30THE SENSATION CAPTAIN
31TEMPORA MUTANTUR
32AT A PANTOMIME. BY A BILIOUS ONE
33KING BORRIA BUNGALEE BOO
34THE PERIWINKLE GIRL
35THOMSON GREEN AND HARRIET HALE
36BOB POLTER
37THE STORY OF PRINCE AGIB
38ELLEN M‘JONES ABERDEEN
39PETER THE WAG
40BEN ALLAH ACHMET; OR, THE FATAL TUM
41THE THREE KINGS OF CHICKERABOO
42JOE GOLIGHTLY OR, THE FIRST LORD’S DAUGHTER
43TO THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE. BY A MISERABLE WRETCH
44GENTLE ALICE BROWN
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