Project Gutenberg 2017-03-28 Public domain in the USA. 154 Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck) 1836 1911 Gilbert, William Schwenck, Sir The Bab Ballads, with Which Are Included Songs of a Savoyard Reading ease score: 74.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Chris Curnow, Jwala Kumar Sista, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Bab Ballads, with Which Are Included Songs of a Savoyard" by W. S. Gilbert is a collection of humorous poems and songs written in the late 19th century. This work showcases Gilbert’s wit and parody, often exploring themes of social conventions, absurdity, and the quirks of human behavior through playful verse and clever rhymes. Readers can expect a light-hearted celebration of eccentric characters and amusing situations, typical of Gilbert's engaging style. At the start of the collection, there is an introductory note where the author provides context about the compilation of these ballads and songs. The first poem, "Captain Reece," introduces us to a good-hearted captain whose crewmates wish to make their lives more pleasant by suggesting he marry one of his female relatives. Reece humorously obliges them, promising to fulfill their wishes to ensure their happiness. The opening portion sets the stage for more whimsical tales, featuring vivid characters and comedic scenarios that will delight readers who appreciate satirical humor in poetry. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English wit and humor Humorous poetry, English Songs, English -- Texts PR Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 920799 921861 2024-09-22T13:31:13.357287 2023-09-23T11:35:28.266744 text/html text/html 924427 2017-03-28T10:52:24 text/html; charset=utf-8 9832377 2017-03-28T10:52:48 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 10023167 2024-09-22T13:31:43.069100 application/epub+zip 10027179 2024-09-22T13:31:19.557197 application/epub+zip 316303 2024-09-22T13:31:16.933260 application/epub+zip 10363168 2024-09-22T13:31:56.912049 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 10333484 2024-09-22T13:31:39.818091 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 665147 2022-09-24T19:44:50.801426 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 487352 487225 2024-09-22T13:31:04.426302 2023-09-23T11:35:20.233691 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 487427 2017-03-28T10:52:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 175881 2017-03-28T10:52:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18875 2024-09-22T13:31:57.118007 application/rdf+xml 11559 2024-09-22T13:31:17.231217 image/jpeg 2177 2024-09-22T13:31:17.086231 image/jpeg 9996360 2024-09-22T13:31:15.095255 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia