Excerpt from Parodies of the Works of English and American Authors, Vol. 4: Comprising, Ballades, Rondeaus, Villanelles, Triolets, Nursery Rhymes and Children's Songs, Parodies and Poems in Praise of Tobacco, Prose Parodies, Slang, Flash, and Cant Songs, Religious and Political Parodies Oting on the suggestion of numerous friends and subscribers I have determined to devote the Fourth Volume of my Collection to Parodies of Popular Songs and Ballads, which are probably the most amusing and witty of all Parodies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.