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

by W. S. Gilbert

[SIR MACKLIN]

Of all the youths I ever saw

None were so wicked, vain, or silly,

So lost to shame and Sabbath law

As worldly Tom, and Bob, and Billy.

For every Sabbath day they walked

(Such was their gay and thoughtless natur')

In parks or gardens, where they talked

From three to six, or even later.