More Bab Ballads
W. S. Gilbert
Read by Graham Redman
This is a subset of the second collection of Gilbert’s “Bab Ballads” – light verses poking fun at the life and people of his time in Gilbert’s unique “topsy-turvey” style. The epitaph on his memorial on the Victoria Embankment in London is “HIS FOE WAS FOLLY AND HIS WEAPON WIT”, an epitaph amply exemplified in these verses. (Summary by Graham Redman) (1 hr 14 min)
Chapters
Mister William | 7:34 | Read by Graham Redman |
The Bumboat Woman's Story | 7:03 | Read by Graham Redman |
The Two Ogres | 5:05 | Read by Graham Redman |
Little Oliver | 5:42 | Read by Graham Redman |
Pasha Bailey Ben | 5:39 | Read by Graham Redman |
Lieutenant-Colonel Flare | 4:10 | Read by Graham Redman |
Lost Mr. Blake | 7:35 | Read by Graham Redman |
The Baby's Vengeance | 6:36 | Read by Graham Redman |
The Captain And The Mermaids | 5:32 | Read by Graham Redman |
Annie Protheroe. A Legend of Stratford-Le-Bow | 7:28 | Read by Graham Redman |
An Unfortunate Likeness | 6:05 | Read by Graham Redman |
Gregory Parable, LL.D. | 6:21 | Read by Graham Redman |