Nonsense Songs by Edward Lear (win 10 ebook reader .TXT) 📖
- Author: Edward Lear
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Baccopipia Gracilis.
Bottlephorkia Spoonifolia.
Cockatooca Superba.
Fishia Marina.
Guittara Pensilis.
Manypeeplia Upsidownia.
Phattfacia Stupenda.
Piggiwiggia Pyramidalis.
Plumbunnia Nutritiosa.
Pollybirdia Singularis.
No. 1 No. 2 No. 3
A
A was an ant
Who seldom stood still,
And who made a nice house
In the side of a hill.
a
Nice little ant!
B
B was a book
With a binding of blue,
And pictures and stories
For me and for you.
b
Nice little book!
C
C was a cat
Who ran after a rat;
But his courage did fail
When she seized on his tail.
c
Crafty old cat!
D
D was a duck
With spots on his back,
Who lived in the water,
And always said "Quack!"
d
Dear little duck!
E
E was an elephant,
Stately and wise:
He had tusks and a trunk,
And two queer little eyes.
e
Oh, what funny small eyes!
F
F was a fish
Who was caught in a net;
But he got out again,
And is quite alive yet.
f
Lively young fish!
G
G was a goat
Who was spotted with brown:
When he did not lie still
He walked up and down.
g
Good little goat!
H
H was a hat
Which was all on one side;
Its crown was too high,
And its brim was too wide.
h
Oh, what a hat!
I
I was some ice
So white and so nice,
But which nobody tasted;
And so it was wasted.
i
All that good ice!
J
J was a jackdaw
Who hopped up and down
In the principal street
Of a neighboring town.
j
All through the town!
K
K was a kite
Which flew out of sight,
Above houses so high,
Quite into the sky.
k
Fly away, kite!
L
L was a light
Which burned all the night,
And lighted the gloom
Of a very dark room.
l
Useful nice light!
M
M was a mill
Which stood on a hill,
And turned round and round
With a loud hummy sound.
m
Useful old mill!
N
N was a net
Which was thrown in the sea
To catch fish for dinner
For you and for me.
n
Nice little net!
O
O was an orange
So yellow and round:
When it fell off the tree,
It fell down to the ground.
o
Down to the ground!
P
P was a pig,
Who was not very big;
But his tail was too curly,
And that made him surly.
p
Cross little pig!
Q
Q was a quail
With a very short tail;
And he fed upon corn
In the evening and morn.
q
Quaint little quail!
R
R was a rabbit,
Who had a bad habit
Of eating the flowers
In gardens and bowers.
r
Naughty fat rabbit!
S
S was the sugar-tongs,
Nippity-nee,
To take up the sugar
To put in our tea.
s
Nippity-nee!
T
T was a tortoise,
All yellow and black:
He walked slowly away,
And he never came back.
t
Torty never came back!
U
U was an urn
All polished and bright,
And full of hot water
At noon and at night.
u
Useful old urn!
V
V was a villa
Which stood on a hill,
By the side of a river,
And close to a mill.
v
Nice little villa!
W
W was a whale
With a very long tail,
Whose movements were frantic
Across the Atlantic.
w
Monstrous old whale!
X
X was King Xerxes,
Who, more than all Turks, is
Renowned for his fashion
Of fury and passion.
x
Angry old Xerxes!
Y
Y was a yew,
Which flourished and grew
By a quiet abode
Near the side of a road.
y
Dark little yew!
Z
Z was some zinc,
So shiny and bright,
Which caused you to wink
In the sun's merry light.
z
Beautiful zinc!
A
a
A was once an apple-pie,
Pidy, Widy, Tidy, Pidy, Nice insidy, Apple-pie!
B
b
B was once a little bear,
Beary, Wary, Hairy, Beary, Taky cary, Little bear!
C
c
C was once a little cake,
Caky, Baky, Maky, Caky, Taky caky, Little cake!
D
d
D was once a little doll,
Dolly, Molly, Polly, Nolly, Nursy dolly, Little doll!
E
e
E was once a little eel,
Eely, Weely, Peely, Eely, Twirly, tweely, Little eel!
F
f
F was once a little fish,
Fishy, Wishy, Squishy, Fishy, In a dishy, Little fish!
G
g
G was once a little goose,
Goosy, Moosy, Boosey, Goosey, Waddly-woosy, Little goose!
H
h
H was once a little hen,
Henny, Chenny, Tenny, Henny. Eggsy-any, Little hen?
I
i
I was once a bottle of ink
Inky, Dinky, Thinky, Inky, Blacky minky, Bottle of ink!
J
j
J was once a jar of jam,
Jammy, Mammy, Clammy, Jammy, Sweety, swammy, Jar of jam!
K
k
K was once a little kite,
Kity, Whity, Flighty, Kity, Out of sighty, Little kite!
L
l
L was once a little lark,
Larky, Marky, Harky, Larky, In the parky, Little lark!
M
m
M was once a little mouse,
Mousy, Bousy, Sousy, Mousy, In the housy, Little mouse!
N
n
N was once a little needle,
Needly, Tweedly, Threedly, Needly, Wisky, wheedly, Little needle!
O
o
O was once a little owl,
Owly, Prowly, Howly, Owly, Browny fowly, Little owl!
P
p
P was once a little pump,
Pumpy, Slumpy, Flumpy, Pumpy, Dumpy, thumpy, Little pump!
Q
q
Q was once a little quail,
Quaily, Faily, Daily, Quaily, Stumpy-taily, Little quail!
R
r
R was once a little rose,
Rosy, Posy, Nosy, Rosy, Blows-y, grows-y, Little rose!
S
s
S was once a little shrimp, Shrimpy, Nimpy, Flimpy, Shrimpy. Jumpy, jimpy, Little shrimp!
T
t
T was once a little thrush,
Thrushy, Hushy, Bushy, Thrushy, Flitty, flushy, Little thrush!
U
u
U was once a little urn,
Urny, Burny, Turny, Urny, Bubbly, burny, Little urn!
V
v
V was once a little vine,
Viny, Winy, Twiny, Viny, Twisty-twiny, Little vine!
W
w
W was once a whale,
Whaly, Scaly, Shaly, Whaly, Tumbly-taily, Mighty whale!
X
x
X was once a great king Xerxes,
Xerxy, Perxy, Turxy, Xerxy, Linxy, lurxy, Great King Xerxes!
Y
y
Y was once a little yew,
Yewdy, Fewdy, Crudy, Yewdy, Growdy, grewdy, Little yew!
Z
z
Z was once a piece of zinc,
Tinky, Winky, Blinky, Tinky, Tinkly minky, Piece of zinc!
A
A was an ape,
Who stole some white tape,
And tied up his toes
In four beautiful bows.
a!
Funny old Ape!
B
B was a bat,
Who slept all the day,
And fluttered about
When the sun went away.
b!
Brown little bat!
C
C was a camel:
You rode on his hump;
And if you fell off,
You came down such a bump!
c!
What a high camel!
D
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