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

by W. S. Gilbert

Of those who loved in rosy Aquitaine.

They thought themselves unwatched, but they were not

For Hongree, Sub-Lieutenant of Chassoores,

Found in Lieutenant-Colonel Jooles Dubosc

A rival, envious and unscrupulous,

Who thought it not foul scorn to dog his steps,

And listen, unperceived, to all that passed

Between the simple little Village Rose

And Hongree, Sub-Lieutenant of Chassoores.