There was an old person of Wick

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There was an old person of Wick...
by Edward Lear
No. 9 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 Wick,
 Who said, 'Tick-a-Tick, Tick-a-Tick;
 Chickabee, Chickabaw,'
 And he said nothing more,
 That laconic old person of Wick.
 
 <Publ. 1872>