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

by W. S. Gilbert

Oh, list to this incredible tale

Of Thomson Green and Harriet Hale,

Its truth in one remark you'll sum—

"Twaddle twaddle twaddle twaddle twaddle twaddle twum!"

That very self-same afternoon

They started on their honeymoon,

And (oh, astonishment!) took flight

To a pretty little cottage close to Shanklin, Isle of Wight.

But now—you'll doubt my word, I know—

In a month they both returned, and lo!