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There was an Old Man with a gong |
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There was an Old Man with a gong,
Who bumped at it all day long;
But they called out, 'O law!
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There was an Old Man with a nose |
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There was an Old Man with a nose,
Who said, 'If you choose to suppose,
That my nose is too long,
You are certainly wrong!'
That remarkable Man with a nose.
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There was an Old Man with a owl |
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There was an Old Man with a owl,
Who continued to bother and howl;
He sat on a rail
And imbibed bitter ale,
Which refreshed that Old Man and his owl.
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There was an Old Man, on whose nose |
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There was an Old Man, on whose nose,
Most birds of the air could repose;
But they all flew away
At the closing of day,
Which relieved that Old Man and his nose.
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There was an Old Person from Gretna |
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There was an Old Person from Gretna,
Who rushed down the crater of Etna ;
When they said, “Is it hot?”
He replied, “No, it’s not!”
That mendacious Old Person of Gretna...
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There was an old person of Brill |
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There was an old person of Brill,
Who purchased a shirt with a frill;
But they said, 'Don't you wish,
You mayn't look like a fish,
You obsequious ol person of Brill?'
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There was an Old Person of Buda |
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There was an Old Person of Buda ,
Whose conduct grew ruder and ruder;
Till at last, with a hammer,
They silenced his clamour,
By smashing that Person of Buda.
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There was an Old Person of Cadiz |
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There was an Old Person of Cadiz,
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There was an Old Person of Chester |
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There was an Old Person of Chester,
Whom several small children did pester;
They threw some large stones,
Which broke most of his bones,
And displeased that Old Person of...
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There was an Old Person of Chili |
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There was an Old Person of Chili,
Whose conduct was painful and silly,
He sate on the stairs,
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There was an Old Person of Dover |
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There was an Old Person of Dover,
Who rushed through a field of blue Clover;
But some very large bees,
Stung his nose and his knees,
So he very soon went back to Dover....
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There was an Old Person of Ems |
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There was an Old Person of Ems,
Who casually fell in the Thames;
And when he was found
They said he was drowned,
That unlucky Old Person of Ems.
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There was an Old Person of Ewell |
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There was an Old Person of Ewell,
Who chiefly subsisted on gruel;
But to make it more nice
He inserted some mice,
Which refreshed that Old Person of Ewell.
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There was an old person of Fife |
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There was an old person of Fife,
Who was greatly disgusted with life;
They sang him a ballad,
And fed him on salad,
Which cured that old person of Fife.
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There was an Old Person of Hurst |
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There was an Old Person of Hurst,
Who drank when he was not athirst;
When they said, “You’ll grow fatter,”
He answered, “What matter?”
That globular Person of Hurst.
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There was an Old Person of Ischia |
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There was an Old Person of Ischia,
Whose conduct grew friskier and friskier;... |
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There was an Old Person of Leeds |
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There was an Old Person of Leeds,
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There was an old person of Minety |
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There was an old person of Minety
Who purchased five hundred and ninety
Large apples and pears,
Which he threw unawares
At the heads of the people of Minety.
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There was an old person of Putney |
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There was an old person of Putney,
Whose food was roast spiders and chutney,
Which he took with his tea,
Within sight of the sea,
That romantic old person of Putney.
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There was an old person of Slough |
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There was an old person of Slough,
Who danced at the end of a bough;
But they said, 'If you sneeze,
You might damage the trees,
You imprudent old person of Slough'.
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