This is a subset of the first twelve poems from 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.

Latest episodes of the podcast More Bab Ballads by W. S. Gilbert

• 01 - Mister William
• 02 - The Bumboat Woman's Story
• 03 - The Two Ogres
• 04 - Little Oliver
• 05 - Pasha Bailey Ben
• 06 - Lieutenant-Colonel Flare
• 07 - Lost Mr. Blake
• 08 - The Baby's Vengeance
• 09 - The Captain And The Mermaids
• 10 - Annie Protheroe. A Legend of Stratford-Le-Bow
• 11 - An Unfortunate Likeness
• 12 - Gregory Parable, LL.D.