Edward Lear

12 May 1812 – 29 January 1888 / London / England

Limerick: There Was An Old Man Of The Dee

There was an Old Man of the Dee,
Who was sadly annoyed by a flea;
When he said, 'I will scratch it,'
They gave him a hatchet,
Which grieved that Old Man of the Dee.
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