the bab ballads(巴布民谣)-第15部分
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hard upon these little girlish tricks … Let's see … five crimes at half…a…crown
… exactly twelve…and…six。〃
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〃Oh; father;〃 little Alice cried; 〃your kindness makes me weep; You do
these little things for me so singularly cheap … Your thoughtful liberality I
never can forget; But; oh! there is another crime I haven't mentioned yet!
〃A pleasant…looking gentleman; with pretty purple eyes; I've noticed at
my window; as I've sat a…catching flies; He passes by it every day as
certain as can be … I blush to say I've winked at him; and he has winked at
me!〃
〃For shame!〃 said FATHER PAUL; 〃my erring daughter! On my
word This is the most distressing news that I have ever heard。 Why;
naughty girl; your excellent papa has pledged your hand To a promising
young robber; the lieutenant of his band!
〃This dreadful piece of news will pain your worthy parents so! They
are the most remunerative customers I know; For many many years
they've kept starvation from my doors: I never knew so criminal a family
as yours!
〃The common country folk in this insipid neighbourhood Have
nothing to confess; they're so ridiculously good; And if you marry any one
respectable at all; Why; you'll reform; and what will then become of
FATHER PAUL?〃
The worthy priest; he up and drew his cowl upon his crown; And
started off in haste to tell the news to ROBBER BROWN … To tell him
how his daughter; who was now for marriage fit; Had winked upon a
sorter; who reciprocated it。
Good ROBBER BROWN he muffled up his anger pretty well: He said;
〃I have a notion; and that notion I will tell; I will nab this gay young sorter;
terrify him into fits; And get my gentle wife to chop him into little bits。
〃I've studied human nature; and I know a thing or two: Though a girl
may fondly love a living gent; as many do … A feeling of disgust upon her
senses there will fall When she looks upon his body chopped particularly
small。〃
He traced that gallant sorter to a still suburban square; He watched his
opportunity; and seized him unaware; He took a life…preserver and he hit
him on the head; And MRS。 BROWN dissected him before she went to
bed。
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And pretty little ALICE grew more settled in her mind; She never
more was guilty of a weakness of the kind; Until at length good ROBBER
BROWN bestowed her pretty hand On the promising young robber; the
lieutenant of his band。
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