There was an Old Man of Peru. 
    Who never knew what he should do;
    So he tore off his hair, and behaved like a bear,
    That intrinsic Old Man of Peru.

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    There was an Old Man with a beard,
    Who said, “It is just as I feared!—­
    Two Owls and a Hen, four Larks and a Wren,
    Have all built their nests in my beard.”

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    There was a Young Lady whose eyes
    Were unique as to color 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 of Ryde,
    Whose shoe-strings were seldom untied;
    She purchased some clogs, and some small spotty Dogs,
    And frequently walked about Ryde.

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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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NONSENSE SONGS

Stories, Botany, and Alphabets

by

EDWARD LEAR.

With One Hundred and Fifty Illustrations

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CONTENTS.

    NONSENSE SONGS. 
        THE OWL AND THE PUSSY-CAT
        THE DUCK AND THE KANGAROO
        THE DADDY LONG-LEGS AND THE FLY
        THE JUMBLIES
        THE NUTCRACKERS AND THE SUGAR-TONGS
        CALICO PIE
        MR. AND MRS. SPIKKY SPARROW
        THE BROOM, THE SHOVEL, THE POKER, AND THE TONGS THE TABLE AND THE
        CHAIR

    NONSENSE STORIES. 
        THE STORY OF THE FOUR LITTLE CHILDREN WHO WENT ROUND THE WORLD
        THE HISTORY OF THE SEVEN FAMILIES OF THE LAKE PIPPLE-POPPLE

    NONSENSE COOKERY

    NONSENSE BOTANY

    NONSENSE ALPHABET, No. 1
      " " No. 2
      " " No. 3

NONSENSE SONGS.

THE OWL AND THE PUSSY-CAT.

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I.

    The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea
      In a beautiful pea-green boat: 
    They took some honey, and plenty of money
      Wrapped up in a five-pound note. 
    The Owl looked up to the stars above,
      And sang to a small guitar,
   “O lovely Pussy, O Pussy, my love,
        What a beautiful Pussy you are,
          You are,
          You are! 
      What a beautiful Pussy you are!”

II.

    Pussy said to the Owl, “You elegant fowl,
      How charmingly sweet you sing! 
    Oh! let us be married; too long we have tarried: 
      But what shall we do for a ring?”
    They sailed away, for a year