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

by W. S. Gilbert

The law is the true embodiment

Of everything that's excellent.

It has no kind of fault or flaw,

And I, my lords, embody the Law.

The constitutional guardian I

Of pretty young Wards in Chancery,

All very agreeable girls—and none

Is over the age of twenty-one.

A pleasant occupation for