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

by W. S. Gilbert

The House of Peers, throughout the war,

Did nothing in particular,

And did it very well;

Yet Britain set the world ablaze

In good King George's glorious days!

And while the House of Peers withholds

Its legislative hand,

And noble statesmen do not itch

To interfere with matters which