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

by W. S. Gilbert

With battements, cuts, and pas de basque

(I'll tell you, if you care to ask,

That Peter was his name).

"Come, walk like this," the dancer said,

"Stick out your toes—stick in your head,

Stalk on with quick, galvanic tread—

Your fingers thus extend;

The attitude's considered quaint."

The weary Bishop, feeling faint,