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.(1871)
 

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 build their nests in my beard! (1846)
 

There was a young lady of Norway
Who casually sat on a doorway
When the door squeezed her flat,
She exclaimed "What of that?"
This courageous Young Lady of Norway.
 

There was an old man of Cape Horn
Who wished he had never been born
So he sat on a chair
Till he died of despair
That dolorous Man of Cape Horn
 

There was an old lady whose folly
Induced her to sit on a holly
Wherein by a thorn
Her dress being torn
She quickly became melancholy
 

There was an old person of Rhodes
Who strongly objected to toads
He paid several cousins
To catch them by the dozens
That futile old person of Rhodes
 

There was an old man of Nepal
From his horse had a terrible fall
But though split quite in two
By some very strong glue
They mended that old man of Nepal
 

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 from the cold
 

There was a young lady of Poole
Whose soup was excessively cool
So she put it to boil
By the aid of some oil
That ingenious lady of Poole
 

There was an old person of Prague
But was suddenly seized with the plague
But they gave him some butter
Which caused him to mutter
And cured that old person of Prague
 

There was an old man of Peru
Who watched his wife making a stew
But once by mistake
In a stove she did bake him
This unfortunate man of Peru
 

There was a young lady of Lucca
Whose lovers completely forsook her
She ran up a tree
And said, "Fiddle-de-dee!"
Which embarassed the people of Lucca
 

There was an old man of Bohemia
Whose daughter was christened Euphemia
Till one day, to his grief
She married a Thief
Which greived that old man of Bohemia
 

There was an old man of Corfu
Who never knew what he should do
So he rushed up and down
Till the sun made him brown
That bewildered old man of Corfu
 

That old man of Melrose
Who walked on tip of  his toes
But they said it ain't pleasant
To see u at present
You stupid old man of Melrose