There was an Old Man on a hill,
Who seldom, if ever, stood still;
There was a Young Lady whose bonnet,
Came untied when the birds sate upon it;
There was an Old Person of Ischia,
Whose conduct grew friskier and friskier;
There was an Old Man of Kilkenny,
Who never had more than a penny;
There was an Old Man of Vienna,
Who lived upon Tincture of Senna;
There was an Old Person in Black,
A Grasshopper jumped on his back;
There was an Old Man of Peru,
Who never knew what he should do;
There was an old man whose despair
Induced him to purchase a hare:
I'd Rather Have Habits Than Clothes,
For that's where my intellect shows.
There was an Old Person in Gray,
Whose feelings were tinged with disman;
There was an Old Man on some rocks,
Who shut his wife up in a box;
There was a Young Lady in White,
Who looked out at the depths of the Night;
There was a Young Lady of Poole,
Whose soup was excessively cool;
There was an Old Man of Kildare,
Who climbed into a very old chair;
There was an Old Man of the Wrekin
Whose shoes made a horrible creaking
There was a Young Person of Crete,
Whose toilette was far from complete;
There was an Old Person of Dover,
Who rushed through a field of blue Clover;
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who sat on a horse when he reared;
There was an old person of Troy,
Whose drink was warm brandy and soy,
There was an Old Man of Bohemia,
Whose daughter was christened Euphemia,
There was an Old Man of Moldavia,
Who had the most curious behaviour;
As a little fat man of Bombay
Was smoking one very hot day,
There was an Old Man of New York,
Who murdered himself with a fork;
There was an Old Person of Buda,
Whose conduct grew ruder and ruder;
There was an Old Person of Leeds,
Whose head was infested with beads;
There was an Old Person of Hurst,
Who drank when he was not athirst;
There was an Old Person of Prague,
Who was suddenly seized with the Plague;
There was a Young Girl of Majorca,
Whose aunt was a very fast walker;
There was a Young Lady of Wales,
Who caught a large fish without scales;
There was a Young Lady of Norway,
Who casually sat on a doorway;
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