There was a Young Lady of Portugal,
Whose ideas were excessively nautical:
She climbed up a tree,
To examine the sea,
But declared she would never leave Portugal.
Жила старушонка в Шербуре 1.16
С душой, вечно жаждавшей бури.
Забравшись на сук,
Она долго на юг
Глядела: не видно ли бури?
There was an Old Person of Hurst,
Who drank when he was not athirst;
When they said, 'You'll grw fatter,'
He answered, 'What matter?'
That globular Person of Hurst.
Полноватый старик из Британии 1.21
Был порою несдержан в питании.
На совет есть пореже
Он кричал: «Вы невежи!» —
Толстопузый старик из Британии
There was an Old Man who supposed,
That the street door was partially closed;
But some very large rats,
Ate his coats and his hats,
While that futile old gentleman dozed.
Задремавший один старичок 1.27
Думал: дверь заперта на крючок.
Но один толстый крыс
Его шляпу изгрыз,
А другой – съел его сюртучок.
There was a Young Lady of Norway,
Who casually sat on a doorway;
When the door squeezed her flat,
She exclaimed, 'What of that?'
This courageous Young Lady of Norway.
Злополучную даму в Байраме 1.31
Много раз прищемляло дверями.
«А может быть, впредь
В дверях не сидеть?» —
Подумала дама в Байраме
There was an Old Person whose habits,
Induced him to feed upon rabbits;
When he'd eaten eighteen,
He turned perfectly green,
Upon which he relinquished those habits.
Жил один старичок из Непала, 1.33
Всё глотавший, что в рот ни попало.
Но, съев десять кроликов,
Он умер от коликов —
Неуёмный старик из Непала.
There was an Old Person of Dover,
Who rushed through a field of blue Clover;
But some very large bees,
Stung his nose and his knees,
So he very soon went back to Dover.
Жил-был старичок между ульями, 1.34
От пчел отбивавшийся стульями.
Но он не учел
Числа этих пчел
И пал смертью храбрых меж ульями.
The was a Young Lady of Bute,
Who played on a silver-gilt flute;
She played several jigs,
To her uncle's white pigs,
That amusing Young Lady of Bute.
Одна гувернантка в Кувейте 1.40
Так мило играла на флейте,
Что хрюкать ей в лад
Был счастлив и рад
Любой поросенок в Кувейте.
There was a Young Lady whose nose,
Was so long that it reached to her toes;
So she hired an Old Lady,
Whose conduct was steady,
To carry that wonderful nose.
Жила-была дева в Галиции, 1.41
Чей нос перерос все кондиции.
Пришлось вызывать
Несчастную мать —
Носить этот нос по Галиции.
There was an Old Man with a poker,
Who painted his face with red oker
When they said, 'You're a Guy!'
He made no reply,
