All posts material: “Sauce” and “Gentleman’s Relish” by Ronnie Barker – Hodder & Stoughton in 1977
The Fancy Ball
Midnight air is shattered, scattered
Shrieks of laughter over all
Pink champagne is flowing; glowing
Lanterns light the Fancy Ball.
Dancing limbs cavorting, sporting
Garments that entrance, enthral
Garter, boot, and stocking, shocking
Emblems of the Fancy Ball.
Summer stars are twinkling, tinkling
Music makes its waterfall
Whispered words glances, chances
Taken at the Fancy Ball
Costumeless, I’m lying, sighing,
Wondering what might befall
If I went sedately, stately,
In my bear skin, to the Ball.
Retrorambling 