There was an Old Man of Peru*,
Who never knew what he should do;
So he tore off his hair,
And behaved like a bear,
That intrinsic Old Man of Peru.
-Edward Lear: “A Book of Nonsense” (1846), limerick 20
*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 never knew what he should do;
So he tore off his hair,
And behaved like a bear,
That intrinsic Old Man of Peru.
-Edward Lear: “A Book of Nonsense” (1846), limerick 20
*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.
