Living
There was an Old Man of Jamaica
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man of Jamaica,
Who suddenly married a Quaker;
But she cried out, "Oh, lack! I have married a black!"
Which distressed that Old Man of Jamaica.
Cite this poem
MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Jamaica.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/62/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man of Jamaica.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/62/.
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