THE OWL AND THE PUSSY-CAT
by: Edward Lear (1812-1888)
- HE Owl and
the Pussy-Cat went to sea
- In a beautiful Pea-green boat:
- They took some honey, and plenty of money
- Wrapped up in a five-pound note.
- The Owl looked up to the stars above,
- And sang to a small guitar,
- "Oh, lovely Pussy, oh, Pussy, my love,
- What a beautiful Pussy you are,
- You are,
- You are!
- What a beautiful Pussy you are!"
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- Pussy said to the Owl, "You elegant fowl,
- How charmingly sweet you sing!
- Oh, let us be married; too long we have tarried:
- But what shall we do for a ring?"
- They sailed away for a year and a day,
- To the land where the bong-tree grows;
- And there in the wood a Piggy-wig stood,
- With a ring at the end of his nose,
- His nose,
- His nose,
- With a ring at the end of his nose.
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- "Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling
- Your ring?" Said the Piggy, "I will."
- So they took it away and were married next day
- By the Turkey who lives on the hill.
- They dined on mince and slices of quince,
- Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
- And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
- They danced by the light of the moon,
- The moon,
- The moon,
- They danced by the light of the moon.
"The Owl and the Pussy-Cat"
is reprinted from A Nonsense Anthology. Ed. Carolyn Wells.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915. |
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