There was an Old Person of Rye,
Who went up to town on a fly;
But they said, “If you cough,
You are safe to fall off!
You abstemious old person of Rye!”
by Edward Lear: “More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, Etc.” (1872), limerick 81
Who went up to town on a fly;
But they said, “If you cough,
You are safe to fall off!
You abstemious old person of Rye!”
by Edward Lear: “More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, Etc.” (1872), limerick 81