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One Hundred Nonsense Pictures
There was an old person of Ealing,
Who was wholly devoid of good feeling;
He drove a small gig, with three Owls and a Pig,
Which distressed all the people of Ealing.

One Hundred Nonsense Pictures
There was an old man of Thames Ditton,
Who called out for something to sit on;
But they brought him a hat, and said, "Sit upon that,
You abruptious old man of Thames Ditton!"

One Hundred Nonsense Pictures
There was an old person of Bray,
Who sang through the whole of the day
To his ducks and his pigs, whom he fed upon figs,
That valuable person of Bray.

One Hundred Nonsense Pictures
There was a young person whose history
Was always considered a mystery;
She sate in a ditch, although no one knew which,
And composed a small treatise on history.

One Hundred Nonsense Pictures
There was an old person of Bow,
Whom nobody happened to know;
So they gave him some soap, and said coldly, "We hope
You will go back directly to Bow!"

One Hundred Nonsense Pictures
There was an old person of Rye,
Who went up to town on a fly;
But they said, "If you cough, you are safe to fall off!
You abstemious old person of Rye!"

One Hundred Nonsense Pictures
There was an old person of Crowle,
Who lived in the nest of an owl;
When they screamed in the nest, he screamed out with the rest,
That depressing old person of Crowle.

One Hundred Nonsense Pictures
There was an old Lady of Winchelsea,
Who said, "If you needle or pin shall see
On the floor of my room, sweep it up with the broom!"
That exhaustive old Lady of Winchelsea!

One Hundred Nonsense Pictures
There was an old man in a tree,
Whose whiskers were lovely to see;
But the birds of the air pluck'd them perfectly bare,
To make themselves nests in that tree.

One Hundred Nonsense Pictures
There was a young lady of Corsica,
Who purchased a little brown saucy-cur;
Which she fed upon ham, and hot raspberry jam,
That expensive young lady of Corsica.

One Hundred Nonsense Pictures
There was a young lady of Firle,
Whose hair was addicted to curl;
It curled up a tree, and all over the sea,
That expansive young lady of Firle.

One Hundred Nonsense Pictures
There was an old person of Stroud,
Who was horribly jammed in a crowd;
Some she slew with a kick, some she scrunched with a stick,
That impulsive old person of Stroud.

One Hundred Nonsense Pictures
There was an old man of Boulak,
Who sate on a Crocodile's back;
But they said, "Towr'ds the night he may probably bite,
Which might vex you, old man of Boulak!"

One Hundred Nonsense Pictures
There was an old person of Skye,
Who waltz'd with a Bluebottle fly:
They buzz'd a sweet tune, to the light of the moon,
And entranced all the people of Skye.

One Hundred Nonsense Pictures
There was an old man of Blackheath,
Whose head was adorned with a wreath
Of lobsters and spice, pickled onions and mice,
That uncommon old man of Blackheath.

One Hundred Nonsense Pictures
There was an old man, who when little
Fell casually into a kettle;
But, growing too stout, he could never get out,
So he passed all his life in that kettle.

One Hundred Nonsense Pictures
There was an old person of Dundalk,
Who tried to teach fishes to walk;
When they tumbled down dead, he grew weary, and said,
"I had better go back to Dundalk!"

One Hundred Nonsense Pictures
There was an old person of Shoreham,
Whose habits were marked by decorum;
He bought an Umbrella, and sate in the cellar,
Which pleased all the people of Shoreham.

One Hundred Nonsense Pictures
There was an old person of Bar,
Who passed all her life in a jar,
Which she painted pea-green, to appear more serene,
That placid old person of Bar.

One Hundred Nonsense Pictures
There was a young person of Kew,
Whose virtues and vices were few;
But with blamable haste she devoured some hot paste,
Which destroyed that young person of Kew.

One Hundred Nonsense Pictures
There was an old person of Jodd,
Whose ways were perplexing and odd;
She purchased a whistle, and sate on a thistle,
And squeaked to the people of Jodd.

One Hundred Nonsense Pictures
There was an old person of Bude,
Whose deportment was vicious and crude;
He wore a large ruff of pale straw-colored stuff,
Which perplexed all the people of Bude.

One Hundred Nonsense Pictures
There was an old person of Brigg,
Who purchased no end of a wig;
So that only his nose, and the end of his toes,
Could be seen when he walked about Brigg.

One Hundred Nonsense Pictures
There was an old man of Messina,
Whose daughter was named Opsibeena;
She wore a small wig, and rode out on a pig,
To the perfect delight of Messina.

TWENTY-SIX NONSENSE RHYMES
AND PICTURES.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ass

The Absolutely Abstemious Ass,
who resided in a Barrel, and only lived on
Soda Water and Pickled Cucumbers.

beetle

The Bountiful Beetle,
who always carried a Green Umbrella when it didn't rain,
and left it at home when it did.

cow

The Comfortable Confidential Cow,
who sate in her Red Morocco Arm Chair and
toasted her own Bread at the parlour Fire.

duck

The Dolomphious Duck,
who caught Spotted Frogs for her dinner
with a Runcible Spoon.

elephant

The Enthusiastic Elephant,
who ferried himself across the water with the
Kitchen Poker and a New pair of Ear-rings.

fish

The Fizzgiggious Fish,
who always walked about upon Stilts,
because he had no legs.

gull

The Good-natured Grey Gull,
who carried the Old Owl, and his Crimson Carpet-bag,
across the river, because he could not swim.

hen

The Hasty Higgeldipiggledy Hen,
who went to market in a Blue Bonnet and Shawl,
and bought a Fish for her Supper.

indian

The Inventive Indian,
who caught a Remarkable Rabbit in a
Stupendous Silver Spoon.

jay

The Judicious Jubilant Jay,
who did up her Back Hair every morning with a Wreath of Roses,
Three feathers, and a Gold Pin.

kangaroo

The Kicking Kangaroo,
who wore a Pale Pink Muslin dress
with Blue spots.

lobster

The Lively Learned Lobster,
who mended his own Clothes with
a Needle and Thread.

mouse

The Melodious Meritorious Mouse,
who played a merry minuet on the
Piano-forte.

newt

The Nutritious Newt,
who purchased a Round Plum-pudding
for his grand-daughter.

ostrich

The Obsequious Ornamental Ostrich,
who wore Boots to keep his
feet quite dry.

polly

The Perpendicular Purple Polly,
who read the Newspaper and ate Parsnip Pie
with his Spectacles.

quail

The Queer Querulous Quail,
who smoked a Pipe of tobacco on the top of
a Tin Tea-kettle.

raven

The Rural Runcible Raven,
who wore a White Wig and flew away
with the Carpet Broom.

snake

The Scroobious Snake,
who always wore a Hat on his Head, for
fear he should bite anybody.

tortoise

The Tumultuous Tom-tommy Tortoise,
who beat a Drum all day long in the
middle of the wilderness.

umbrella-maker

The Umbrageous Umbrella-maker,
whose Face nobody ever saw, because it was
always covered by his Umbrella.

vulture

The Visibly Vicious Vulture,
who wrote some Verses to a Veal-cutlet in a
Volume bound in Vellum.

wasp

The Worrying Whizzing Wasp,
who stood on a Table, and played sweetly on a
Flute with a Morning Cap.

xerxes

The Excellent Double-extra XX
imbibing King Xerxes, who lived a
long while ago.

yonghy-bonghy-bo

The Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo,
whose Head was ever so much bigger than his
Body, and whose Hat was rather small.

zebra

The Zigzag Zealous Zebra,
who carried five Monkeys on his back all
the way to Jellibolee.

 
Laughable Lyrics:
A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. by
Edward Lear, Author of the 'Book of Nonsense' 'More Nonsense' 'Nonsense Songs, Stories,' etc., etc. Laughable Lyrics

With all the Original Illustrations.

1894

Originally published 1877

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Laughable Lyrics. The Dong With A Luminous Nose The Two Old Bachelors The Pelican Chorus sheet music .pdf / .midi / Lilypond markup. (added 2004) The Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò sheet music .pdf / .midi / Lilypond markup. (added 2004) The Pobble Who Has No Toes The New Vestments Mr. And Mrs. Discobbolos The Quangle Wangle's Hat The Cummerbund The Akond Of Swat Nonsense Botany Nonsense Alphabets No. 5 No. 6
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