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    Nonsense Songs
    Nonsense Songs
    Nonsense Songs
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    Nonsense Songs

    By Edward Lear

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateJan 1, 1920
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      Nonsense Songs - Edward Lear

      The Project Gutenberg eBook, Nonsense Song, by Edward Lear

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

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      Title: Nonsense Song

      Author: Edward Lear

      Release Date: October 8, 2004 [eBook #13647]

      Language: English

      Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1

      ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NONSENSE SONG***

      E-text prepared by Dave Newman, Ben Courtney,

      and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders

      NONSENSE SONGS.

      The Owl and the Pussy-Cat The Duck and the Kangaroo The Daddy Long-Legs and the Fly The Jumblies The Nutcrackers and the Sugar-Tongs Calico Pie Mr. and Mrs. Spikky Sparrow The Broom, the Shovel, the Poker, and the Tongs The Table And The Chair

      THE OWL AND THE PUSSY-CAT.

      I.

      The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea

      In a beautiful pea-green boat:

      They took some honey, and plenty of money

      Wrapped up in a five-pound note.

      The Owl looked up to the stars above,

      And sang to a small guitar,

      "O lovely Pussy, O Pussy, my love,

      What a beautiful Pussy you are,

      You are,

      You are!

      What a beautiful Pussy you are!"

      II.

      Pussy said to the Owl, "You elegant fowl,

      How charmingly sweet you sing!

      Oh! let us be married; too long we have tarried:

      But what shall we do for a ring?"

      They sailed away, for a year and a day,

      To the land where the bong-tree grows;

      And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood,

      With a ring at the end of his nose,

      His nose,

      His nose,

      With a ring at the end of his nose.

      III.

      "Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling

      Your ring? Said the Piggy, I will."

      So they took it away, and were married next day

      By the Turkey who lives on the hill.

      They dined on mince and slices of quince,

      Which they ate with a runcible spoon;

      And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,

      They danced by the light of the moon,

      The moon,

      The moon,

      They danced by the light of the moon.

      THE DUCK AND THE KANGAROO.

      I.

      Said the Duck to the Kangaroo,

      "Good gracious! how you hop

      Over the fields, and the water too,

      As if you never would stop!

      My life is a bore in this nasty pond;

      And I long to go out in the world beyond:

      I wish I could hop like you,"

      Said the Duck to the Kangaroo.

      II.

      Please give me a ride on your back,

      Said the Duck to the Kangaroo:

      "I would sit quite still, and say nothing but 'Quack'

      The whole of the long day through;

      And we 'd go the Dee, and the Jelly Bo Lee,

      Over the land, and over the sea:

      Please take me a ride! oh, do!"

      Said the Duck to the Kangaroo.

      III.

      Said the Kangaroo to the Duck,

      "This requires some little reflection.

      Perhaps, on the whole, it might bring me luck;

      And there seems but one objection;

      Which is, if you'll let me speak so bold,

      Your feet are unpleasantly wet and cold,

      And would probably give me the roo-

      Matiz," said the Kangaroo.

      IV.

      Said the Duck, "As I sate on the rocks,

      I have thought over that completely;

      And I bought four pairs of worsted socks,

      Which fit my web-feet neatly;

      And, to keep out the cold, I've bought

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