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There was a Young Lady of Tyre |
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There was a Young Lady of Tyre,
Who swept the loud chords of a lyre;
At the sound of each sweep
She enraptured the deep,
And enchanted the city of Tyre.
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There was a Young Lady whose bonnet |
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There was a Young Lady whose bonnet,
Came untied when the birds sate upon it;
But she said: 'I don't care!
All the birds in the air
Are welcome to sit on my bonnet!'...
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There was a Young Lady whose chin |
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There was a Young Lady whose chin,
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There was a Young Lady whose eyes |
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There was a Young Lady whose eyes,
Were unique as to colour and size;
When she opened them wide,
People all turned aside,
And started away in surprise.
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There was a Young Lady whose nose |
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There was a Young Lady whose nose,
Was so long that it reached to her toes;
So she hired an Old Lady,
Whose conduct was... |
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There was a young person in green |
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There was a young person in green,
Who seldom was fit to be seen;
She wore a long shawl,
Over bonnet and all,
Which enveloped that person in green.
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There was a Young Person of Crete |
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There was a Young Person of Crete,
Whose toilette was far from complete; ... |
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There was a Young Person of Smyrna |
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There was a Young Person of Smyrna,
Whose Grandmother threatened to burn her;
But she seized on the cat,
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There was an Old Derry down Derry |
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There was an Old Derry down Derry,
Who loved to see little folks merry;
So he made them a Book,
And with laughter they shook
At the fun of that Derry down Derry.
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There was an Old Lady of Chertsey |
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There was an Old Lady of Chertsey,
Who made a remarkable curtsey;...
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There was an Old Lady of Prague |
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There was an Old Lady of Prague,
Whose language was horribly vague;
When they said, 'Are these caps?'
She answered, 'Perhaps!'
That oracular Lady of Prague.
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There was an Old Man in a boat |
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There was an Old Man in a boat,
Who said, 'I'm afloat, I'm afloat!'
When they said, 'No! you ain't!'
He was ready to faint,
That unhappy Old Man in a boat.
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There was an old man in a tree |
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There was an old man in a tree,
Whose whiskers were lovely to see;
But the birds of the air,
Pluck'd them perfectly bare,
To make themselves nests on that tree.
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There was an Old Man in a tree |
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There was an Old Man in a tree,
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There was an Old Man of Aôsta |
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There was an Old Man of Aôsta,
Who possessed a large cow, but he lost her;
But they said, 'Don't you see
She has rushed up a tree?
You invidious Old Man of Aôsta!'
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There was an Old Man of Apulia |
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There was an Old Man of Apulia,
Whose conduct was very peculiar
He fed twenty sons,
Upon nothing but buns,... |
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There was an Old Man of Cape Horn |
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That dolorous Man of Cape Horn.
There was an Old Man of Cape Horn,
Who wished he had never been born;
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There was an Old Man of Columbia |
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There was an Old Man of Columbia ,
Who was thirsty, and called out for some beer;
But they brought it quite hot,
In a small copper pot,
Which disgusted that man of Columbia...
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There was an old man of Hong Kong |
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There was an old man of Hong Kong,
Who never did anything wrong;
He lay on his back,
With his head in a sack,
That innocuous old man of Hong Kong.
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There was an Old Man of Kamschatka |
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There was an Old Man of Kamschatka,
Who possessed a remarkable fat cur;
His gait and his waddle
Were held as a model... |
