There was an Old Man of the Dee,
Who was sadly annoyed by a flea;
When he said, “I will scratch it,”
They gave him a hatchet,
Which grieved that Old Man of the Dee.
by Edward Lear: “A Book of Nonsense” (1846), limerick 65
Who was sadly annoyed by a flea;
When he said, “I will scratch it,”
They gave him a hatchet,
Which grieved that Old Man of the Dee.
by Edward Lear: “A Book of Nonsense” (1846), limerick 65