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

by W. S. Gilbert

It was jerky, spasmodic, and harsh, I'm aware,

But still it distinctly suggested an air.

The Sassenach screamed, and the Sassenach danced,

He shrieked in his agony—bellowed and pranced;

And the maidens who gathered rejoiced at the scene,

Especially Ellen M'Jones Aberdeen.

"Hech gather, hech gather, hech gather around;

And fill a' yer lugs wi' the exquisite sound.

An air frae the bagpipes—beat that if ye can!