There was an Old Person of Basing,
Whose presence of mind was amazing;
There was an Old Person of Ems,
Who casually fell in the Thames;
There was an Old Person of Tartary,
Who divided his jugular artery;
There was an Old Man who said, 'Well!
Will nobody answer this bell?
There was an Old Man of Kamschatka,
Who possessed a remarkable fat cur;
There was an Old Man who said, 'How
Shall I flee from that horrible cow?
There was an Old Person of Burton,
Whose answers were rather uncertain;
There was an Old Person of Berlin,
Whose form was uncommonly thin;
There was a Young Lady of Tyre,
Who swept the loud chords of a lyre;
There was a Young Lady of Hull,
Who was chased by a virulent bull;
There was an Old Man of the Dee,
Who was sadly annoyed by a flea;
There was an Old Man of th' Abruzzi,
So blind that he couldn't his foot see;
There was an Old Person of Mold,
Who shrank from sensations of cold,
There was an Old Man, on whose nose,
Most birds of the air could repose;
There was an Old Person of Spain,
Who hated all trouble and pain;
There was an Old Man of Leghorn,
The smallest that ever was born;
There was an Old Man of Calcutta,
Who perpetually ate bread and butter,
There was an Old Person of Tring,
Who embellished his nose with a ring;
There was an Old Man who supposed,
That the street door was partially closed;
There was a Young Lady of Welling,
Whose praise all the world was a-telling;
There was Old Man in a pew,
Whose waistcoat was spotted with blue;
There was an Old Man of Coblenz,
The length of whose legs was immense;
There was an Old Person of Cadiz,
Who was always polite to all ladies;
There was a Young Lady of Parma,
Whose conduct grew calmer and calmer;
There was an Old Man of the North,
Who fell into a basin of broth;
There was an Old Man at a casement,
Who held up his hands in amazement;
There was an Old Man with a owl,
Who continued to bother and howl;
There was an Old Man of Jamaica,
Who suddenly married a Quaker;
There was an Old Man of the Hague,
Whose ideas were excessively vague;
There was an Old Person from Gretna,
Who rushed down the crater of Etna;
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