There was an Old Man of the West,
Who wore a pale plum-colored vest;
When they said, ‘Does it fit?’
He replied, ‘Not a bit!’
That uneasy Old Man of the West.
-Edward Lear: “A Book of Nonsense” (1846), limerick 28
Note: Edward Lear created two limericks with the same first line, There was an old man of the West.
Who wore a pale plum-colored vest;
When they said, ‘Does it fit?’
He replied, ‘Not a bit!’
That uneasy Old Man of the West.
-Edward Lear: “A Book of Nonsense” (1846), limerick 28
Note: Edward Lear created two limericks with the same first line, There was an old man of the West.
