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Limerick: There was an Old Man of Melrose

by Edward Lear

Edward Lear

There was an Old Man of Melrose,
Who walked on the tips of his toes;
But they said, 'It ain't pleasant,
To see you at present,
You stupid Old Man of Melrose.




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