A pansy who lived in Khartoum
Took a lesbian up to his room...A pansy who lived in Khartoum
Took a lesbian up to his room.
They argued all night
Over who had the right
To do what, with which, and to whom.
There once was a man from Exameter
Who had a prodigious...There once was a man from Exameter
Who had a prodigious diameter
But it wasn't the size
That brought forth the cries
'Twas his rythm, iambic pentameter.
There once was a man from Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in...There once was a man from Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
His daughter, named Nan,
Ran away with a man,
And as for the bucket, Nantucket.
The pair of them went to Manhasset,
(Nan and the man with the asset.)...
There was a young belle of old Natchez
Whose garments were...There was a young belle of old Natchez
Whose garments were always in patchez.
When comment arose
On the state of her clothes
She, drawled, "When ah itchez, ah scratchez."
There was a young curate whose brain
Was deranged from the...There was a young curate whose brain
Was deranged from the use of cocaine;
He lured a small child
To a copse dark and wild,
Where he beat it to death with his cane.
-- Edward Gorey
There was a young fellow called Clyde
Who fell in an outhouse...There was a young fellow called Clyde
Who fell in an outhouse and died.
He had a twin brother
Who fell in another
So now they're interred side by side.
There was a young man of Tibet
-- And this is the strangest...There was a young man of Tibet
-- And this is the strangest one yet --
His prick was so long,
And so pointed and strong,
He could bugger six sheep en brochette.