There was an Old Man of Whitehaven,
Who danced a quadrille with a Raven;
But they said—"It's absurd,
To encourage this bird!"
So they smashed that Old Man of Whitehaven.
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There was an Old Man of Leghorn,
The smallest as ever was born;
But quickly snapt up he,
Was once by a puppy,
Who devoured that Old Man of Leghorn.
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There was an Old Man of the Hague,
Whose ideas were excessively vague;
He built a balloon,
To examine the moon,
That deluded Old Man of the Hague.
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There was an Old Man of Jamaica,
Who suddenly married a Quaker;
But she cried out—"O lack!
I have married a black!"
Which distressed that Old Man of Jamaica.