The Bab Ballads are a collection of light verse by W. S. Gilbert, illustrated with his own comic drawings. Gilbert wrote the Ballads before he became famous for his comic opera librettos with Arthur Sullivan. In writing the Bab Ballads, Gilbert developed his unique "topsy-turvy" style, where the humour was derived by setting up a ridiculous premise and working out its logical consequences, however absurd. The Ballads also reveal Gilbert's cynical and satirical approach to humour. They became famous on their own, as well as being a source for plot elements, characters and songs that Gilbert would recycle in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. The Bab Ballads take their name from Gilbert's childhood nickname, and he later began to sign his illustrations "Bab". (summary from Wikipedia)
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1Captain Reece
4:55
2The Rival Curates
4:07
3Only A Dancing Girl
2:29
4General John
2:55
5To A Little Maid - By A Policeman
1:32
6John And Freddy
3:36
7Sir Guy The Crusader
3:00
8Haunted
3:51
9The Bishop And The 'Busman
3:56
10The Troubadour
4:14
11Ferdinando And Elvira; Or, The Gentle Pieman
5:24
12Lorenzo De Lardy
4:20
13Disillusioned - By An Ex-Enthusiast
3:02
14Babette's Love
4:28
15To My Bride - (Whoever She May Be)
3:09
16The Folly Of Brown - By A General Agent
4:25
17Sir Macklin
4:04
18The Yarn Of The "Nancy Bell"
4:54
19The Bishop Of Rum-Ti-Foo
4:40
20The Precocious Baby. A Very True Tale
4:08
21To Phoebe
1:13
22Baines Carew, Gentleman
4:45
23Thomas Winterbottom Hance
4:49
24The Reverend Micah Sowls
4:18
25A Discontented Sugar Broker
5:14
26The Pantomime "Super" To His Mask
3:11
27The Force Of Argument
4:32
28The Ghost, The Gallant, The Gael, And The Goblin
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