Bab Ballads

Bab Ballads,
a collection of humorous ballads by W. S. Gilbert (who was called ‘Bab’ as a child by his parents), first published in Fun, 1866 – 71 . They appeared in volume form as Bab Ballads ( 1869 ); More Bab Ballads ( 1873 ); Fifty Bab Ballads ( 1877 ).