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

by W. S. Gilbert

One seized on a cork with a yelling "Ha! ha!"

(Its bottle had 'prisoned a pint of Pacha)—

Another a toothpick—another a tray—

"Alas! it is useless!" said brave Alum Bey.

"To holloa and kick is a very bad plan:

Get it over, my tulips, as soon as you can;

You'd better lay hold of a good lump of lead,

And cling to it tightly until you are dead.

"Just raise your hands over your pretty heads—so—