The Bab ballads

By W. S. Gilbert

Subjects: Ballads, Poetry (poetic works by one author), English poetry, English Humorous poetry, English Ballads

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.