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The Bab ballads

The Bab ballads

Humor Poetry Children Literary Fiction

Sir William Schwenck Gilbert

Authors: Sir William Schwenck Gilbert
Print type: BOOK

Description:

Gilbert, under the pen-name "Bab," wrote a large number of "ballads" or verse for the journal Fun. These popular Bab Ballads, accompanied by Gilbert's drawings, were also a source for plots and songs for the Gilbert and Sullivan operas.