The Bab Ballads, with Which Are Included Songs of a Savoyard

by W. S. Gilbert

"Flirte toujours, ma belle, si tu oses—

Je me vengerai ainsi, ma chère,

Je lui dirai de quoi l'on compose

Vol au vent à la Financière!"

Lord Lardy knew nothing of this—

The waiter's devotion ignored,

But he gazed on the beautiful miss,

And never seemed weary or bored.

The waiter would screw up his nerve,