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Limerick: There was an Old Man of Dundee

by Edward Lear

Edward Lear

There was an Old Man of Dundee,
Who frequented the top of a tree;
When disturbed by the crows,
He abruptly arose,
And exclaimed, 'I'll return to Dundee.'




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