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so promoted his fears,
That it killed that
Old Man of Madras.
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There was an Old Person of Dover,
Who rushed through a field of
blue clover;
But some very large Bees stung his nose and his knees,

So he very soon went back to Dover.
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There was an Old Person of Leeds,
Whose head was infested with
beads;
She sat on a stool and ate gooseberry-fool,
Which agreed
with that Person of Leeds.
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There was an Old Person of Cadiz,
Who was always polite to all
ladies;
But in handing his daughter, he fell into the water,
Which

drowned that Old Person of Cadiz.
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There was an Old Man of the Isles,
Whose face was pervaded with
smiles;
He sang "High dum diddle," and played on the fiddle,
That
amiable Man of the Isles.
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There was an Old Person of Basing,
Whose presence of mind was
amazing;
He purchased a steed, which he rode at full speed,
And
escaped from the people of Basing.
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There was an Old Man who supposed
That the street door was
partially closed;
But some very large Rats ate his coats and his hats,

While that futile Old Gentleman dozed.
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There was an Old Person whose habits
Induced him to feed upon
Rabbits;
When he'd eaten eighteen, he turned perfectly green,
Upon
which he relinquished those habits.
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There was an Old Man of the West,
Who wore a pale plum-colored
vest;
When they said, "Does it fit?" he replied, "Not a bit!" That
uneasy Old Man of the West.
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There was an Old Man of Marseilles,
Whose daughters wore
bottle-green veils:
They caught several Fish, which they put in a dish,

And sent to their Pa at Marseilles.

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There was an Old Man of the Wrekin,
Whose shoes made a horrible
creaking;
But they said, "Tell us whether your shoes are of leather, Or
of what, you Old Man of the Wrekin?"
[Illustration]
There was a Young Lady whose nose
Was so long that it reached to
her toes;
So she hired an Old Lady, whose conduct was steady,
To
carry that wonderful nose.
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There was a Young Lady of Norway,
Who casually sat in a doorway;

When the door squeezed her flat, she exclaimed, "What of that?"
This courageous Young Lady of Norway.
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There was an Old Man of Apulia,
Whose conduct was very peculiar;

He fed twenty sons upon nothing but buns,
That whimsical Man of
Apulia.
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There was an Old Man of Quebec,--
A beetle ran over his neck;
But
he cried, "With a needle I'll slay you, O beadle!"
That angry Old Man
of Quebec.
[Illustration]
There was a Young Lady of Bute,
Who played on a silver-gilt flute;

She played several jigs to her Uncle's white Pigs:
That amusing
Young Lady of Bute.
[Illustration]

There was an Old Person of Philoe,
Whose conduct was scroobious
and wily;
He rushed up a Palm when the weather was calm,
And
observed all the ruins of Philoe.
[Illustration]
There was an Old Man with a poker,
Who painted his face with red
ochre.
When they said, "You 're a Guy!" he made no reply,
But
knocked them all down with his poker.
[Illustration]
There was an Old Person of Prague,
Who was suddenly seized with
the plague;
But they gave him some butter, which caused him to
mutter, And cured that Old Person of Prague.
[Illustration]
There was an Old Man of Peru,
Who watched his wife making a stew;

But once, by mistake, in a stove she did bake
That unfortunate
Man of Peru.
[Illustration]
There was an Old Man of the North,
Who fell into a basin of broth;

But a laudable cook fished him out with a hook,
Which saved that
Old Man of the North.
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There was an Old Person of Troy,
Whose drink was warm brandy and
soy,
Which he took with a spoon, by the light of the moon,
In sight
of the city of Troy.
[Illustration]
There was an Old Person of Mold,
Who shrank from sensations of

cold;
So he purchased some muffs, some furs, and some fluffs, And
wrapped himself well from the cold.
[Illustration]
There was an Old Person of Tring,
Who embellished his nose with a
ring;
He gazed at the moon every evening in June,
That ecstatic Old
Person of Tring.
[Illustration]
There was an Old Man of Nepaul,
From his horse had a terrible fall;

But, though split quite in two, with some very strong glue They
mended that man of Nepaul.
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There was an Old Man of the Nile,
Who sharpened his nails with a
file,
Till he cut off his thumbs, and said calmly, "This comes Of
sharpening one's nails with a file!"
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There was an Old Man of th' Abruzzi,
So blind that he couldn't his
foot see;
When they said, "That's your toe," he replied, "Is it so?"
That doubtful Old Man of th' Abruzzi.
[Illustration]
There was an Old Man of Calcutta,
Who perpetually ate bread and
butter;
Till a great bit of muffin, on which he was stuffing,
Choked
that horrid Old Man of Calcutta.
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There was an Old Person of Rhodes,
Who strongly objected