Owl and the Pussycat

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Lear's Nonsense Drolleries

Lear's Nonsense Drolleries
by: Edward Lear
Original illustrations by: William Foster
Published: 1889

The Owl and the Pussycat - front piece 

Gone to sea with plenty of money, honey 

The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat.
They took some honey, and plenty of money
Wrapped up in a five-pound note.

Love and music under the stars 



The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,

"O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love,
What a beautiful Pussy you are,

You are,
You are!

What a beautiful Pussy you are!"

A proposal 



Pussy said to the Owl, "You elegant fowl!
How charmingly sweet you sing !

O let us be married! too long we have tarried!
But what shall we do for a ring?"

Seeking the Bong-tree 


They sailed away for a year and a day,
to the land where the Bong-tree grows.

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And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood,
With a ring at the end of his nose,
His nose,
His nose,
With a ring at the end of his nose.

"Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling
Your ring?" Said the Piggy, "I will."

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So they took it away, and were married next day
By the Turkey who lives on the hill.

They dined on mince, and slices of quince
Which they ate with a runcible spoon.

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And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.

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