Living
There was an Old Man in a pew
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man in a pew,
Whose waistcoat was spotted with blue;
But he tore it in pieces, to give to his Nieces,
That cheerful Old Man in a pew.
Cite this poem
MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man in a pew.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/61/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man in a pew.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/61/.
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