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    There was an old person of Hyde,
    Who walked by the shore with his bride,
    Till a Crab who came near fill’d their bosoms with fear,
    And they said, “Would we’d never left Hyde!”

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    There was an old person in gray,
    Whose feelings were tinged with dismay;
    She purchased two parrots, and fed them with carrots,
    Which pleased that old person in gray.

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    There was an old man of Ancona,
    Who found a small dog with no owner,
    Which he took up and down all the streets of the town,
    That anxious old man of Ancona.

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    There was an old person of Sestri,
    Who sate himself down in the vestry;
    When they said, “You are wrong!” he merely said “Bong!”
    That repulsive old person of Sestri.

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    There was an old person of Blythe,
    Who cut up his meat with a scythe;
    When they said, “Well!  I never!” he cried, “Scythes for ever!”
    That lively old person of Blythe.

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    There was a young person of Ayr,
    Whose head was remarkably square: 
    On the top, in fine weather, she wore a gold feather;
    Which dazzled the people of Ayr.

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    There was an old person of Rimini,
    Who said, “Gracious!  Goodness!  O Gimini!”
    When they said, “Please be still!” she ran down a hill,
    And was never more heard of at Rimini.

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    There is a young lady, whose nose,
    Continually prospers and grows;
    When it grew out of sight, she exclaimed in a fright,
    “Oh!  Farewell to the end of my nose!”

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    There was an old person of Ealing,
    Who was wholly devoid of good feeling;
    He drove a small gig, with three Owls and a Pig,
    Which distressed all the people of Ealing.

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    There was an old man of Thames Ditton,
    Who called out for something to sit on;
    But they brought him a hat, and said, “Sit upon that,
    You abruptious old man of Thames Ditton!”

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    There was an old person of Bray,
    Who sang through the whole of the day
    To his ducks and his pigs, whom he fed upon figs,
    That valuable person of Bray.

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    There was a young person whose history
    Was always considered a mystery;
    She sate in a ditch, although no one knew which,
    And composed a small treatise on history.

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    There was an old person of Bow,
    Whom nobody happened to know;
    So they gave him some soap, and said coldly, “We hope
    You will go back directly to Bow!”

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