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Baccopipia Gracilis. Bottlephorkia Spoonifolia.
Bottlephorkia Spoonifolia. Cockatooca Superba.
Cockatooca Superba. Fishia Marina.
Fishia Marina. Guittara Pensilis.
Guittara Pensilis. Manypeeplia Upsidownia.
Manypeeplia Upsidownia. Phattfacia Stupenda.
Phattfacia Stupenda. Piggiwiggia Pyramidalis.
Piggiwiggia Pyramidalis. Plumbunnia Nutritiosa.
Plumbunnia Nutritiosa. Pollybirdia Singularis.
Pollybirdia Singularis.
NONSENSE ALPHABETS.

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a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

A

ant

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

book

B was a book
With a binding of blue,
And pictures and stories
For me and for you.

b

Nice little book!

C

cat

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

duck

D was a duck
With spots on his back,
Who lived in the water,
And always said "Quack!"

d

Dear little duck!

E

elephant

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

fish

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

goat

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

hat

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

ice

I was some ice
So white and so nice,
But which nobody tasted;
And so it was wasted.

i

All that good ice!

J

jackdaw

J was a jackdaw
Who hopped up and down
In the principal street
Of a neighboring town.

j

All through the town!

K

kite

K was a kite
Which flew out of sight,
Above houses so high,
Quite into the sky.

k

Fly away, kite!

L

light

L was a light
Which burned all the night,
And lighted the gloom
Of a very dark room.

l

Useful nice light!

M

mill

M was a mill
Which stood on a hill,
And turned round and round
With a loud hummy sound.

m

Useful old mill!

N

net

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

orange

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

pig

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

quail

Q was a quail
With a very short tail;
And he fed upon corn
In the evening and morn.

q

Quaint little quail!

R

rabbit

R was a rabbit,
Who had a bad habit
Of eating the flowers
In gardens and bowers.

r

Naughty fat rabbit!

S

sugar-tongs

S was the sugar-tongs,
Nippity-nee,
To take up the sugar
To put in our tea.

s

Nippity-nee!

T

tortoise

T was a tortoise,
All yellow and black:
He walked slowly away,
And he never came back.

t

Torty never came back!

U

urn

U was an urn
All polished and bright,
And full of hot water
At noon and at night.

u

Useful old urn!

V

villa

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

whale

W was a whale
With a very long tail,
Whose movements were frantic
Across the Atlantic.

w

Monstrous old whale!

X

King Xerxes

X was King Xerxes,
Who, more than all Turks, is
Renowned for his fashion
Of fury and passion.

x

Angry old Xerxes!

Y

yew

Y was a yew,
Which flourished and grew
By a quiet abode
Near the side of a road.

y

Dark little yew!

Z

zebra

Z was some zinc,
So shiny and bright,
Which caused you to wink
In the sun's merry light.

z

Beautiful zinc!

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A

apple-pie

a

A was once an apple-pie,
Pidy, Widy, Tidy, Pidy, Nice insidy, Apple-pie!

B

bear

b

B was once a little bear,
Beary, Wary, Hairy, Beary, Taky cary, Little bear!

C

cake

c

C was once a little cake,
Caky, Baky, Maky, Caky, Taky caky, Little cake!

D

doll

d

D was once a little doll,
Dolly, Molly, Polly, Nolly, Nursy dolly, Little doll!

E

eel

e

E was once a little eel,
Eely, Weely, Peely, Eely, Twirly, tweely, Little eel!

F

fish

f

F was once a little fish,
Fishy, Wishy, Squishy, Fishy, In a dishy, Little fish!

G

goose

g

G was once a little goose,
Goosy, Moosy, Boosey, Goosey, Waddly-woosy, Little goose!

H

hen

h

H was once a little hen,
Henny, Chenny, Tenny, Henny. Eggsy-any, Little hen?

I

ink

i

I was once a bottle of ink
Inky, Dinky, Thinky, Inky, Blacky minky, Bottle of ink!

J

ink

j

J was once a jar of jam,
Jammy, Mammy, Clammy, Jammy, Sweety, swammy, Jar of jam!

K

kite

k

K was once a little kite,
Kity, Whity, Flighty, Kity, Out of sighty, Little kite!

L

lark

l

L was once a little lark,
Larky, Marky, Harky, Larky, In the parky, Little lark!

M

mouse

m

M was once a little mouse,
Mousy, Bousy, Sousy, Mousy, In the housy, Little mouse!

N

needle

n

N was once a little needle,
Needly, Tweedly, Threedly, Needly, Wisky, wheedly, Little needle!

O

owl

o

O was once a little owl,
Owly, Prowly, Howly, Owly, Browny fowly, Little owl!

P

pump

p

P was once a little pump,
Pumpy, Slumpy, Flumpy, Pumpy, Dumpy, thumpy, Little pump!

Q

quail

q

Q was once a little quail,
Quaily, Faily, Daily, Quaily, Stumpy-taily, Little quail!

R

rose

r

R was once a little rose,
Rosy, Posy, Nosy, Rosy, Blows-y, grows-y, Little rose!

S

shrimp

s

S was once a little shrimp, Shrimpy, Nimpy, Flimpy, Shrimpy. Jumpy, jimpy, Little shrimp!

T

thrush

t

T was once a little thrush,
Thrushy, Hushy, Bushy, Thrushy, Flitty, flushy, Little thrush!

U

urn

u

U was once a little urn,
Urny, Burny, Turny, Urny, Bubbly, burny, Little urn!

V

vine

v

V was once a little vine,
Viny, Winy, Twiny, Viny, Twisty-twiny, Little vine!

W

whale

w

W was once a whale,
Whaly, Scaly, Shaly, Whaly, Tumbly-taily, Mighty whale!

X

xerxes

x

X was once a great king Xerxes,
Xerxy, Perxy, Turxy, Xerxy, Linxy, lurxy, Great King Xerxes!

Y

yew

y

Y was once a little yew,
Yewdy, Fewdy, Crudy, Yewdy, Growdy, grewdy, Little yew!

Z

zinc

z

Z was once a piece of zinc,
Tinky, Winky, Blinky, Tinky, Tinkly minky, Piece of zinc!

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

A

ape

A was an ape,
Who stole some white tape,
And tied up his toes
In four beautiful bows.

a!

Funny old Ape!

B

bat

B was a bat,
Who slept all the day,
And fluttered about
When the sun went away.

b!

Brown little bat!

C

camel

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

dove
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