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Poem by Edward Lear


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There was an old man of Calcutta,
Who perpetually ate bread & butter;
Till a great bit of muffin on which he was stuffing,
Choked that horrid old man of Calcutta. 



Edward Lear


Edward Lear's other poems:
  1. There Was An Old Person Of Basing
  2. He Lived at Dingle Bank
  3. There Was An Old Man Of Jamaica
  4. Cold Are The Crabs
  5. There Was An Old Man Of Vienna


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