SIR JOSEPH'S SONG-FROM H. M. SHIP "PINAFORE." [WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT, B. A., was born Nov. 18, 1836, at 17 Southampton Street, Strand, London, and educated at Great Ealing School. He took the degree of B. A. at the University of London, was called to the bar of the Inner Temple in Nov. 1864. His "Bab Ballads," originally published in Fun, have been wonderfully popular. His most recent works are:-"On Bail," a comedy in three acts, "Le Reveillon," (Criterion, Feb. 1877) and the "Ne'er do Weel," (Olympic, Feb. 25, 1878). In 1879 appeared his comic opera H. M. Ship Pinafore, (music by Arthur Sullivan). The "Bab Ballads"-which will speak of its parentage.] When I was a lad I served a term As office boy to an attorney's firm. I cleaned the windows and I swept the floor, And I polished up the handle of the big front door. As office boy I made such a mark, That they gave me the post of junior clerk, I polished up the handle so care-ful-lee vee. I copied all the let-ters in a hand so free, vee. In serving writs I made such a name That now I am the rul-er of the Queen's CHORUS. And that pass examination, &c. But that kind of ship so suited me, CHORUS.-But that kind, &c. I grew so rich, that I was sent By a pocket borough into Parliament; VOL. III.-W. H. |