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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