106
There was an old Person of Burton,
Whose answers were rather uncertain;
When they said, “How d’ye do?”
He replied, “Who are you?”
That distressing old person of Burton.
107
There was an Old Person of Ems,
Who casually fell in the Thames;
And when he was found,
They said he was drowned,
That unlucky Old Person of Ems.
108
There was an Old Person of Ewell,
Who chiefly subsisted on gruel;
But to make it more nice,
He inserted some mice,
Which refreshed that Old Person of Ewell.
109
There was a Young Lady of Parma,
Whose conduct grew calmer and calmer;
When they said, “Are you dumb?”
She merely said, “Hum!”
That provoking Young Lady of Parma.
110
There was an Old Man of Aosta,
Who possessed a large Cow, but he lost her;
But they said, “Don’t you see,
She has rushed up a tree?
You invidious Old Man of Aosta!”