There was an Old Person of Shields*,
Who frequented the valleys and fields;
All the mice and the cats,
And the snakes and the rats,
Followed after that person of Shields.
-Edward Lear: “More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, Etc.” (1872), limerick 11
*Shields: North Shields and South Shields are two towns of England that are separated by the River Tyne. Although no bridge connects the towns, a ferry boat service operates on the river between them.
Who frequented the valleys and fields;
All the mice and the cats,
And the snakes and the rats,
Followed after that person of Shields.
-Edward Lear: “More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, Etc.” (1872), limerick 11
*Shields: North Shields and South Shields are two towns of England that are separated by the River Tyne. Although no bridge connects the towns, a ferry boat service operates on the river between them.
