A Book of Nonsense

A Book of Nonsense  (1846)  by Edward Lear

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1st Book of Nonsense

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

14. There was an Old Person of Ischia

15. There was an Old Man in a boat

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.