Living
There was an Old Man of Kilkenny
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man of Kilkenny,
Who never had more than a penny;
He spent all that money in onions and honey,
That wayward Old Man of Kilkenny.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Kilkenny.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/6/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Kilkenny.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/6/.
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