A Book of Nonsense

A Book of Nonsense  (1846)  by Edward Lear

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There was an Old Derry down Derry

1. There was an Old Man with a beard

2. There was a Young Lady of Ryde

3. There was an Old Man with a nose

4. There was an Old Man on a hill

5. There was a Young Lady whose bonnet

6. There was a Young Person of Smyrna

7. There was an Old Person of Chili

8. There was an Old Man with a gong

9. There was an Old Lady of Chertsey

10. There was an Old Man in a tree

11. There was an Old Man with a flute

12. There was a Young Lady whose chin

13. There was an Old Man of Kilkenny

14. There was an Old Person of Ischia

15. There was an Old Man in a boat

16. There was a Young Lady of Portugal

17. There was an Old Man of Moldavia

18. There was an Old Man of Madras

19. There was an Old Person of Leeds

20. There was an Old Man of Peru

21. There was an Old Person of Hurst

22. There was a Young Person of Crete

23. There was on Old Man of the Isles

24. There was an Old Person of Buda

25. There was an Old Man of Columbia

26. There was a Young Lady of Dorking

27. There was an Old Man who supposed

28. There was an Old Man of the West

29. There was an Old Man of the Wrekin

30. There was a Young Lady whose eyes

31. There was a Young Lady of Norway

32. There was an Old Man of Vienna

33. There was an Old Person whose habits

34. There was an Old Person of Dover

35. There was an Old Man of Marseilles

36. There was an Old Person of Cadiz

37. There was an Old Person of Basing

38. There was an Ol Man of Quebec

39. There was an Old Person of Philæ

40. The was a Young Lady of Bute

41. There was a Young Lady whose nose

42. There was a Young Lady of Turkey

43. There was an Old Man of Apulia

56. There was an Old Man of Vesuvius

73. There was a Young Lady of Hull

79. There was a Young Lady of Tyre

80. There was an Old Man who said, 'Hush!

91. There was a Young Lady of Russia

107. There was an Old Person of Ems

108. There was an Old Person of Ewell

109. There was a Young Lady of Parma

110. There was an Old Man of Aôsta

111. There was an Old Man, on whose nose

112. There was a Young Lady of Clare

113. There was an Old Man of Kildare

This work published before January 1, 1923 is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.