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the bab ballads(巴布民谣)-第3部分

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frozen tank to wash in。 That was the first that brought me grief; And made 

me weep;   till   I sought   relief In   an   emblematical handkerchief; To   choke 

such baby bosh in。 

     First and worst in the grim array… Ghosts of ghosts that have gone their 

way;    Which     I  wouldn't   revive   for  a  single   day   For  all  the  wealth   of 

PLUTUS … Are the horrible ghosts that school…days scared: If the classical 

ghost that BRUTUS dared Was the ghost of his 〃Caesar〃 unprepared; I'm 

sure I pity BRUTUS。 

     I pass to critical seventeen; The ghost of that terrible wedding scene; 

When an elderly Colonel stole my Queen; And woke my dream of heaven。 

No schoolgirl   decked   in her  nurse…room  curls Was   my  gushing   innocent 

Queen of Pearls; If she wasn't a girl of a thousand girls; She was one of 

forty…seven! 

     I see the ghost of my first cigar; Of the thence…arising family jar … Of 

my maiden brief (I was at the Bar; And I called the Judge 〃Your wushup!〃) 

Of    reckless    days   and    reckless   nights;   With    wrenched…off      knockers; 

extinguished lights; Unholy songs and tipsy fights; Which I strove in vain 

to hush up。 

     Ghosts of fraudulent joint…stock banks; Ghosts of 〃copy; declined with 

thanks;〃 Of novels returned in endless ranks; And thousands more; I suffer。 

The only line to fitly grace My humble tomb; when I've run my race; Is; 



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〃Reader; this is the resting…place Of an unsuccessful duffer。〃 

     I've fought them all; these ghosts of mine; But the weapons I've used 

are   sighs   and   brine; And   now   that   I'm   nearly   forty…nine;   Old   age   is   my 

chiefest bogy; For my hair is thinning away at the crown; And the silver 

fights with the worn…out brown; And a general verdict sets me down As an 

irreclaimable fogy。 



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             Ballad: The Bishop And The 

                                 'Busman 



    It was a Bishop bold; And London was his see; He was short and stout 

and round about And zealous as could be。 

    It   also   was   a   Jew;   Who   drove   a   Putney   'bus   …   For   flesh   of   swine 

however fine He did not care a cuss。 

    His    name     was   HASH      BAZ     BEN;    And     JEDEDIAH       too;   And 

SOLOMON and ZABULON … This 'bus…directing Jew。 

    The Bishop said; said he; 〃I'll see what I can do To Christianise and 

make you wise; You poor benighted Jew。〃 

     So every blessed day That 'bus he rode outside; From Fulham  town; 

both up and down; And loudly thus he cried: 

     〃His    name    is   HASH      BAZ    BEN;     And    JEDEDIAH        too;   And 

SOLOMON and ZABULON … This 'bus…directing Jew。〃 

    At   first   the   'busman   smiled;   And   rather   liked   the   fun   …   He   merely 

smiled; that Hebrew child; And said; 〃Eccentric one!〃 

    And   gay   young   dogs   would   wait   To   see   the   'bus   go   by   (These   gay 

young dogs; in striking togs); To hear the Bishop cry: 

     〃Observe his grisly beard; His race it clearly shows; He sticks no fork 

in ham or pork … Observe; my friends; his nose。 

     〃His    name    is   HASH      BAZ    BEN;     And    JEDEDIAH        too;   And 

SOLOMON and ZABULON … This 'bus…directing Jew。〃 

    But though at first amused; Yet after seven years; This Hebrew child 

got rather riled; And melted into tears。 

    He really almost feared To leave his poor abode; His nose; and name; 

and beard became A byword on that road。 

    At length he swore an oath; The reason he would know … 〃I'll call and 

see why ever he Does persecute me so!〃 

    The   good   old   Bishop   sat   On   his   ancestral   chair;  The   'busman   came; 

sent up his name; And laid his grievance bare。 

     〃Benighted   Jew;〃   he   said   (The   good   old   Bishop   did);   〃Be   Christian; 



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you; instead of Jew … Become a Christian kid! 

     〃I'll   ne'er   annoy   you   more。〃   〃Indeed?〃   replied   the   Jew;   〃Shall   I   be 

freed?〃     〃You will; indeed!〃 Then 〃Done!〃 said he; 〃with you!〃 

     The organ which; in man; Between the eyebrows grows; Fell from his 

face; and in its place He found a Christian nose。 

     His tangled Hebrew beard; Which to his waist came down; Was now a 

pair of whiskers fair … His name ADOLPHUS BROWN! 

     He wedded in a year That prelate's daughter JANE; He's grown quite 

fair … has auburn hair … His wife is far from plain。 



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                  Ballad: The Troubadour 



    A TROUBADOUR he played Without a castle wall; Within; a hapless 

maid Responded to his call。 

     〃Oh; willow; woe is me! Alack and well…a…day! If I were only free I'd 

hie me far away!〃 

    Unknown       her   face  and   name;    But   this  he  knew    right  well;  The 

maiden's wailing came From out a dungeon cell。 

    A hapless woman lay Within that dungeon grim … That fact; I've heard 

him say; Was quite enough for him。 

     〃I will not sit or lie; Or eat or drink; I vow; Till thou art free as I; Or I 

as pent as thou。〃 

    Her tears then ceased to flow; Her wails no longer rang; And tuneful in 

her woe The prisoned maiden sang: 

     〃Oh; stranger; as you play; I recognize your touch; And all that I can 

say Is; thank you very much。〃 

    He seized his clarion straight; And blew thereat; until A warden oped 

the gate。 〃Oh; what might be your will?〃 

     〃I've  come;    Sir  Knave;    to  see  The   master   of  these  halls:  A   maid 

unwillingly Lies prisoned in their walls。〃' 

    With barely stifled sigh That porter drooped his head; With teardrops 

in his eye; 〃A many; sir;〃 he said。 

    He   stayed   to   hear   no   more;   But   pushed   that   porter   by;  And   shortly 

stood before SIR HUGH DE PECKHAM RYE。 

     SIR HUGH he darkly frowned; 〃What would you; sir; with me?〃 The 

troubadour he downed Upon his bended knee。 

     〃I've come; DE PECKHAM RYE; To do a Christian task; You ask me 

what would I? It is not much I ask。 

     〃Release   these   maidens;   sir;   Whom   you   dominion   o'er   …   Particularly 

her Upon the second floor。 

     〃And if you don't; my lord〃 … He here stood bolt upright; And tapped a 

tailor's sword … 〃Come out; you cad; and fight!〃 

     SIR HUGH he called … and ran The warden from the gate: 〃Go; show 



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this gentleman The maid in Forty…eight。〃 

     By many a cell they past; And stopped at length before A portal; bolted 

fast: The man unlocked the door。 

     He called inside the gate With coarse and brutal shout; 〃Come; step it; 

Forty…eight!〃 And Forty…eight stepped out。 

     〃They gets it pretty hot; The maidens what we cotch … Two years this 

lady's got For collaring a wotch。〃 

     〃Oh; ah! … indeed … I see;〃 The troubadour exclaimed … 〃If I may make 

so free; How is this castle named? 

     The    warden's     eyelids   fill;  And   sighing;    he  replied;   〃Of    gloomy 

Pentonville This is the female side!〃 

     The minstrel did not wait The Warden stout to thank; But recollected 

straight He'd business at the Bank。 



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     Ballad: Ferdinando And Elvira; Or; 

                     The Gentle Pieman 



                                       PART I。 



       At a pleasant evening party I had taken down to supper One whom I 

will call ELVIRA; and we talked of love and TUPPER; 

    MR。 TUPPER and the Poets; very lightly with them dealing; For I've 

always been distinguished for a strong poetic feeling。 

    Then we let off paper crackers; each of which contained a motto; And 

she listened while I read them; till her mother told her not to。 

    Then she whispered; 〃To the ball…room we had better; dear; be walking; 

If we stop down here much longer; really people will be talking。〃 

    There   were   noblemen   in   coronets;   and   military   cousins;   There   were 

captains by the hundred; there were baronets by dozens。 

    Yet   she   heeded   not   their   offers;   but   dismissed   them  with   a   blessing; 

Then she let down all her back hair; which had taken long in dressing。 

    Then   she   had   convulsive   sobbings   in   her   agitated   throttle;   Then   she 

wiped her pretty eyes and smelt her pretty smelling… bottle。 

     So I whispered;      〃Dear ELVIRA; 
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