50 bab ballads(50篇巴布歌谣)-第17节

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That　Crusher　looked；　and　said；　With　unimpaired　urbanity；　〃SIR　
HERBERT；　you've　a　head　That　teems　with　inhumanity。　

〃Here's　Murder；　Envy；　Strife　（Propensity　to　kill　any）；　And　Lies　as　large　
as　life；　And　heaps　of　Social　Villany。　

〃Here's　Love　of　Bran…New　Clothes；　Embezzling　…　Arson　…　Deism　…　A　
taste　for　Slang　and　Oaths；　And　Fraudulent　Trusteeism。　

〃Here's　Love　of　Groundless　Charge　…　Here's　Malice；　too；　and　Trickery；　
Unusually　large　Your　bump　of　Pocket…Pickery　…　〃　

〃Stop！〃　said　the　Bart。；　〃my　cup　Is　full　…　I'm　worse　than　him　in　all；　
Policeman；　take　me　up　…　No　doubt　I　am　some　criminal！〃　

That　Pleeceman's　scorn　grew　large　（Phrenology　had　nettled　it）；　He　
took　that　Bart。　in　charge　…　I　don't　know　how　they　settled　it。　

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Fifty　〃Bab〃　Ballads　…　Much　Sound　and　Little　Sense　

Fifty　〃Bab〃　Ballads　…　Much　Sound　and　Little　Sense　

ONCE　a　fairy　Light　and　airy　Married　with　a　mortal；　Men；　however；　
Never；　never　Pass　the　fairy　portal。　Slyly　stealing；　She　to　Ealing　Made　a　
daily　journey；　There　she　found　him；　Clients　round　him　（He　was　an　
attorney）。　

Long　they　tarried；　Then　they　married。　When　the　ceremony　Once　was　
ended；　Off　they　wended　On　their　moon　of　honey。　Twelvemonth；　maybe；　
Saw　a　baby　（Friends　performed　an　orgie）。　Much　they　prized　him；　And　
baptized　him　By　the　name　of　GEORGIE；　

GEORGIE　grew　up；　Then　he　flew　up　To　his　fairy　mother。　Happy　
meeting　…　Pleasant　greeting　…　Kissing　one　another。　〃Choose　a　calling　Most　
enthralling；　I　sincerely　urge　ye。〃　〃Mother；〃　said　he　（Rev'rence　made　he）；　〃I　
would　join　the　clergy。　

〃Give　permission　In　addition　…　Pa　will　let　me　do　it：　There's　a　living　In　
his　giving　…　He'll　appoint　me　to　it。　Dreams　of　coff'ring；　Easter　off'ring；　
Tithe　and　rent　and　pew…rate；　So　inflame　me　（Do　not　blame　me）；　That　I'll　
be　a　curate。〃　

She；　with　pleasure；　Said；　〃My　treasure；　'T　is　my　wish　precisely。　Do　
your　duty；　There's　a　beauty；　You　have　chosen　wisely。　Tell　your　father　I　
would　rather　As　a　churchman　rank　you。　You；　in　clover；　I'll　watch　over。〃　
GEORGIE　said；　〃Oh；　thank　you！〃　

GEORGIE　scudded；　Went　and　studied；　Made　all　preparations；　And　
with　credit　（Though　he　said　it）　Passed　examinations。　（Do　not　quarrel　With　
him；　moral；　Scrupulous　digestions　…　'Twas　his　mother；　And　no　other；　
Answered　all　the　questions。）　

Time　proceeded；　Little　needed　GEORGIE　admonition：　He；　elated；　
Vindicated　Clergyman's　position。　People　round　him　Always　found　him　
Plain　and　unpretending；　Kindly　teaching；　Plainly　preaching；　All　his　money　
lending。　

So　the　fairy；　Wise　and　wary；　Felt　no　sorrow　rising　…　No　occasion　For　
persuasion；　Warning；　or　advising。　He；　resuming　Fairy　pluming　（That's　not　
English；　is　it？）　Oft　would　fly　up；　To　the　sky　up；　Pay　mamma　a　visit。　

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Fifty　〃Bab〃　Ballads　…　Much　Sound　and　Little　Sense　

Fifty　〃Bab〃　Ballads　…　Much　Sound　and　Little　Sense　

Time　progressing；　GEORGIE'S　blessing　Grew　more　Ritualistic　Popish　
scandals；　Tonsures　…　sandals　…　Genuflections　mystic；　Gushing　
meetings　…　Bosom…beatings　…　Heavenly　ecstatics　…　Broidered　spencers　Copes　
and　censers　…　Rochets　and　dalmatics。　

This　quandary　Vexed　the　fairy　…　Flew　she　down　to　Ealing。　〃GEORGIE；　
stop　it！　Pray　you；　drop　it；　Hark　to　my　appealing：　To　this　foolish　Papal　rule…
ish　Twaddle　put　an　ending；　This　a　swerve　is　From　our　Service　Plain　and　
unpretending。〃　

He；　replying；　Answered；　sighing；　Hawing；　hemming；　humming；　〃It's　a　
pity　…　They're　so　pritty；　Yet　in　mode　becoming；　Mother　tender；　I'll　
surrender　…　I'll　be　unaffected　…　〃　But　his　Bishop　Into　HIS　shop　Entered　
unexpected！　

〃Who　is　this；　sir；　…　Ballet　miss；　sir？〃　Said　the　Bishop　coldly。　〃'T　is　my　
mother；　And　no　other；〃　GEORGIE　answered　boldly。　〃Go　along；　sir！　You　
are　wrong；　sir；　You　have　years　in　plenty；　While　this　hussy　（Gracious　
mussy！）　Isn't　two　and　twenty！〃　

（Fairies　clever　Never；　never　Grow　in　visage　older；　And　the　fairy；　All　
unwary；　Leant　upon　his　shoulder！）　Bishop　grieved　him；　Disbelieved　him；　
GEORGE　the　point　grew　warm　on；　Changed　religion；　Like　a　pigeon；　（14）　
And　became　a　Mormon！　

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Fifty　〃Bab〃　Ballads　…　Much　Sound　and　Little　Sense　

Fifty　〃Bab〃　Ballads　…　Much　Sound　and　Little　Sense　

A　MAIDEN　sat　at　her　window　wide；　Pretty　enough　for　a　Prince's　bride；　
Yet　nobody　came　to　claim　her。　She　sat　like　a　beautiful　picture　there；　With　
pretty　bluebells　and　roses　fair；　And　jasmine…leaves　to　frame　her。　And　why　
she　sat　there　nobody　knows；　But　this　she　sang　as　she　plucked　a　rose；　The　
leaves　around　her　strewing：　〃I've　time　to　lose　and　power　to　choose；　'T　is　
not　so　much　the　gallant　who　woos；　But　the　gallant's　WAY　of　wooing！〃　

A　lover　came　riding　by　awhile；　A　wealthy　lover　was　he；　whose　smile　
Some　maids　would　value　greatly　…　A　formal　lover；　who　bowed　and　bent；　
With　many　a　high…flown　compliment；　And　cold　demeanour　stately；　
〃You've　still；〃　said　she　to　her　suitor　stern；　〃The　'prentice…work　of　your　
craft　to　learn；　If　thus　you　come　a…cooing。　I've　time　to　lose　and　power　to　
choose；　'T　is　not　so　much　the　gallant　who　woos；　As　the　gallant's　WAY　of　
wooing！〃　

A　second　lover　came　ambling　by　…　A　timid　lad　with　a　frightened　eye　
And　a　colour　mantling　highly。　He　muttered　the　errand　on　which　he'd　come；　
Then　only　chuckled　and　bit　his　thumb；　And　simpered；　simpered　shyly。　
〃No；〃　said　the　maiden；　〃go　your　way；　You　dare　but　think　what　a　man　
would　say；　Yet　dare　to　come　a…suing！　I've　time　to　lose　and　power　to　choose；　
'T　is　not　so　much　the　gallant　who　woos；　As　the　gallant's　WAY　of　wooing！〃　

A　third　rode　up　at　a　startling　pace　…　A　suitor　poor；　with　a　homely　face　No　
doubts　appeared　to　bind　him。　He　kissed　her　lips　and　he　pressed　her　
waist；　And　off　he　rode　with　the　maiden；　placed　On　a　pillion　safe　behind　
him。　And　she　heard　the　suitor　bold　confide　This　golden　hint　to　the　priest　
who　tied　The　knot　there's　no　undoing；　With　pretty　young　maidens　who　can　
choose；　'T　is　not　so　much　the　gallant　who　woos；　As　the　gallant's　WAY　of　
wooing！〃　

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Fifty　〃Bab〃　Ballads　…　Much　Sound　and　Little　Sense　

Fifty　〃Bab〃　Ballads　…　Much　Sound　and　Little　Sense　

THE　sun　was　setting　in　its　wonted　west；　When　HONGREE；　Sub…
Lieutenant　of　Chassoores；　Met　MAHRY　DAUBIGNY；　the　Village　Rose；　
Under　the　Wizard's　Oak　…　old　trysting…place　Of　those　who　loved　in　rosy　
Aquitaine。　

They　thought　themselves　unwatched；　but　they　were　not；　For　
HONGREE；　Sub…Lieutenant　of　Chassoores；　Found　in　LIEUTENANTCOLONEL　
JOOLES　DUBOSC　A　rival；　envious　and　unscrupulous；　Who　
thought　it　not　foul　scorn　to　dodge　his　steps；　And　listen；　unperceived；　to　all　
that　passed　Between　the　simple　little　Village　Rose　And　HONGREE；　Sub…
Lieutenant　of　Chassoores。　

A　clumsy　barrack…bully　was　DUBOSC；　Quite　unfamiliar　with　the　
well…bred　tact　That　animates　a　proper　gentleman　In　dealing　with　a　girl　of　
humble　rank。　You'll　understand　his　coarseness　when　I　say　He　would　have　
married　MAHRY　DAUBIGNY；　And　dragged　the　unsophisticated　girl　Into　
the　whirl　of　fashionable　life；　For　which　her　singularly　rustic　ways；　Her　
breeding　（moral；　but　extremely　rude）；　Her　language　（chaste；　but　
ungrammatical）；　Would　absolutely　have　unfitted　her。　How　different　to　this　
unreflecting　boor　Was　HONGREE；　Sub…Lieutenant　of　Chassoores。　

Contemporary　with　the　incident　Related　in　our　opening　paragraph；　
Was　that　sad　war　'twixt　Gallia　and　ourselves　That　followed　on　the　treaty　
signed　at　Troyes；　And　so　LIEUTENANT…COLONEL　JOOLES　DUBOSC　
（Brave　soldier；　he；　with　all　his　faults　of　style）　And　HONGREE；　Sub…
Lieutenant　of　Chassoores；　Were　sent　by　CHARLES　of　France　against　the　
lines　Of　our　Sixth　HENRY　（Fourteen　twenty…nine）；　To　drive　his　legions　
out　of　Aquitaine。　

When　HONGREE；　Sub…Lieutenant　of　Chassoores；　Returned；　
suspecting　nothing；　to　his　camp；　After　his　meeting　with　the　Village　Rose；　

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Fifty　〃Bab〃　Ballads　…　Much　Sound　and　Little　Sense　

Fifty　〃Bab〃　Ballads　…　Much　Sound　and　Little　Sense　

〃Young　HONGREE；　Sub…Lieutenant　of　Chassoores；　This　night　we　
shall　attack　the　English　camp：　Be　the　'forlorn　hope'　yours　…　you'll　lead　it；　
sir；　And　lead　it　too　with　credit；　I've　no　doubt。　As　every　man　must　certainly　
be　killed　（For　you　are　twenty　'gainst　two　thousand　men）；　It　is　not　likely　
that　you　will　return。　But　what　of　that？　you'll　have　the　benefit　Of　knowing　
that　you　die　a　soldier's　death。〃　

Obedience　was　young　HONGREE'S　strongest　point；　But　he　imagined　
that　he　only　owed　Allegiance　to　his　MAHRY　and　his　King。　〃If　MAHRY　
bade　me　lead　these　fated　men；　I'd　lead　them　…but　I　do　not　think　she　would。　
If　CHARLES；　my　King；　said；　'Go；　my　son；　and　die；'　I'd　go；　of　course　…　my　
duty　would　be　clear。　But　MAHRY　is　in　bed　asleep；　I　hope；　And　
CHARLES；　my　King；　a　hundred　leagues　from　this。　As　for　LIEUTENANTCOLONEL　
JOOLES　DUBOSC；　How　know　I　that　our　monarch　would　
approve　The　order　he　has　given　me　to…night？　My　King　I've　sworn　in　all　
things　to　obey　…　I'll　only　take　my　orders　from　my　King！〃　Thus　HONGREE；　
Sub…Lieutenant　of　Chassoores；　Interpreted　the　terms　of　his　commission。　

And　HONGREE；　who　was　wise　as　he　was　good；　Disguised　himself　
that　night　in　ample　cloak；　Round　flapping　hat；　and　vizor　mask　of　black；　
And　made；　unnoticed；　for　the　English　camp。　He　passed　the　unsuspecting　
sentinels　（Who　little　thought　a　man　in　this　disguise　Co