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

by W. S. Gilbert

I come in a friendly kind of way—

I come, if you please, with the best intents,

And Queen Victoria's compliments."

The kings were pleased as they well could be;

The most retiring of the three

In a "cellar-flap" to his joy gave vent

With a banjo-bones accompaniment.

The great Rear-Admiral Bailey Pip

Embarked on board his jolly big ship,

Blue Peter flew from his lofty fore,