There was an Old Man of Peru*,
Who watched his wife making a stew;
But once by mistake,
In a stove she did bake,
That unfortunate Man of Peru.
-Edward Lear: “A Book of Nonsense” (1846), limerick 52
*The Republic of Peru, also known simply as Peru, is a country in western South America.
Note: Edward Lear created two limericks with the same first line, There was an old man of Peru.
Who watched his wife making a stew;
But once by mistake,
In a stove she did bake,
That unfortunate Man of Peru.
-Edward Lear: “A Book of Nonsense” (1846), limerick 52
*The Republic of Peru, also known simply as Peru, is a country in western South America.
Note: Edward Lear created two limericks with the same first line, There was an old man of Peru.
