Who possessed a large cow, but he lost her;
But they said, "Don't you see she has rushed up a tree?
You invidious Old Man of Aosta!"

There was an Old Man of the Nile,
Who sharpened his nails with a file,
Till he cuts of his thumbs, and said calmly, "This comes
Of sharpening one's nails with a file!"

There was an Old Person of Rhodes,
Who strongly objected to toads;
He paid several cousins to catch them by dozens,
That futile Old Person of Rhodes.

There was an Old Man of Cape Horn,
Who wished he had never been born;
So he sat on a chair until he died of despair,
That dolorous Man of Cape Horn.

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.

There was an Old Man with a nose,
Who said, "If you choose to suppose
That my nose is too long, you are certainly wrong!"
That remarkable Man with a nose.

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.

There was an Old Man of Madras,
Who rode on a cream-coloured ass;
But the length of its ears so promoted his fears
That it killed that Old Man of Madras.

There was an Old Person of Sparta,
Whose had twenty-five sons and one daughter;
He fed them snails, and weighed them on scales,
That wonderful Person of Sparta.

There was an Old Person of Chilli,
Whose conduct was painful and silly;
He sat on the stairs, eating apples and pears,
That imprudent Old Person of Chilli.

There was an Old Man of the East,
Who gave all his children a feast;
But they all ate so much, and their conduct was such
That it killed that Old Man of the East.

There was an Old Man of Peru,
Who never knew what he should do;
So he tore off his hair, and behaved like a bear,
That intrinsic Old Man of Peru.

There was an Old Man in a boat,
Who said, "I'm afloat! I'm afloat!"
When they said, "No you a'int!" he was ready to faint,
That unhappy Old Man in a boat.

There was an Old Man of Bohemia,
Whose daughter was christened Euphemia,
But one day, to his grief, she married a thief,
Which grieved that Old Man of Bohe