There was an Old Lady of Chertsey



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There was an Old Lady of Chertsey,
Who made a remarkable curtsey;...

Poet:
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.

...

Poet:
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.


 <Publ. 1846>...

Poet:
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.

...

Poet:
There was an Old Man in a tree


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There was an Old Man in a tree,
...

Poet:
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,...

Poet:
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!'


 <Publ. 1846...

Poet:
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;

           So...

Poet:
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...

Poet:
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.


 <Publ. 1872>

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