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

by W. S. Gilbert

To be eaten, moustachios and all!

"Besides, though La Guerre has his faults, I'll allow

He's one of the bravest of men:

My goodness! if I disagree with him now,

I might disagree with him then!"

"No coward am I," said La Guerre, "as you guess—

I sneer at an enemy's blade;

But I don't want Prepere to get into a mess

For splashing the stony parade!"