Three Nonsense Songs

Song Cycle by John Elenor

?. There was an old person of Cromer [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English

There was an Old Person of Cromer,
Who stood on one leg to read Homer;
When he found he grew stiff,
He jumped over the cliff.
Which concluded that Person of Cromer.

Text Authorship:

by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888), no title, appears in A Book of Nonsense, first published 1861

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Total word count: 32