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Poem by Edward Lear


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There was an Old Man of Tobago,
Who lived on rice, gruel and sago;
	Till, much to his bliss,
	His physician said this
To a leg, sir, of mutton you may go.



Edward Lear


Edward Lear's other poems:
  1. There was an Old Person of Leeds
  2. There was an Old Person of Ischia
  3. There was an Old Man with a gong
  4. There was an Old Man of the Isles
  5. There was an Old Man of the West


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