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The Jumblies and Other Nonsense Verses
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A collection of tales and rhymes from the master of limericks including: Yonghy Bonghy Bo, Calico Pie, The New Vestments, The Dong with a luminous nose, The Cummerbund, The Duck and the Kangaroo and others tales.
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The Jumblies and Other Nonsense Verses - Edward Lear
Edward Lear
The Jumblies
And Other Nonsense Verses
LONDON ∙ NEW YORK ∙ TORONTO ∙ SAO PAULO ∙ MOSCOW
PARIS ∙ MADRID ∙ BERLIN ∙ ROME ∙ MEXICO CITY ∙ MUMBAI ∙ SEOUL ∙ DOHA
TOKYO ∙ SYDNEY ∙ CAPE TOWN ∙ AUCKLAND ∙ BEIJING
New Edition
Published by Sovereign Classic
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This Edition
First published in 2014
Copyright © 2014 Sovereign
Design and Artwork © 2014 www.urban-pic.co.uk
Images and Illustrations © 2014 Stocklibrary.org
All Rights Reserved.
ISBN: 9781910343456 (ebk)
Contents
THE JUMBLIES
THE DUCK AND THE KANGAROO
THE CUMMERBUND
THE DONG WITH A LUMINOUS NOSE
THE OWL AND THE PUSSY-CAT
THE BROOM, THE SHOVEL, THE POKER AND THE TONGS
THE NEW VESTMENTS
CALICO PIE
THE YONGHY-BONGHY-BÒ.
NOTES
THE JUMBLIES
I
THEY went to sea in a Sieve, they did,
In a Sieve they went to sea:
In spite of all their friends could say,
On a winter’s morn, on a stormy day,
In a Sieve they went to sea!
And when the Sieve turned round and round,
And
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