There was an old person of Slough

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There was an old person of Slough...  (1872)  by Edward Lear

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No. 4 from More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc. 3rd Book of Nonsense (1872)

Picture by Edward Lear

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 There was an old person of Slough,
 Who danced at the end of a bough;
 But they said, 'If you sneeze,
 You might damage the trees,
 You imprudent old person of Slough'.

 <Publ. 1872>