There was an Old Man of Peru, who never knew what he should do ; So he tore off his hair, and heliaved like a bear, That intrinsic Old Man of Peru. … There was an Old Man of the West, who never could get any rest So they set him to spin on his nose and his chin, Which cured that Old Man of the West.
Limericks nonsense poems color edward lear
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