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

by W. S. Gilbert

With a very triumphant sneer—

They weep and they wail from the opposite sides

(And I shed a silent tear).

And Jenny is crying away like mad,

And Jimmy is swearing hard;

And Johnny is looking uncommonly glad

(And I am a doggerel bard).

But Jimmy he ventured on crossing again

The scenes of our Isthmian Games—