Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Encyclopedia Americana, Vol. 3 of 30
Bab ballads, The. The 'bab Bal lads' by W. S. Gilbert, the most famous of British light 0 era librettists, is one of the most popular co lections of humorous and gently satiric verses in the English language. At first published in the sixties in Fun and col lected from time to time in book form with additions, the ballads in their final editions con tain also many of the songs from such well known operas as 'pinafore, ' 'the Gondolier' and 'the Mikado.' About, 170 titles comprise the collection, which is also enlivened by Gil bert's humorous drawings.
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