The Owl and the Pussy-cat
Edward Lear
1812 to 1888
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I
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
______ a beautiful pea-green boat,
They took some honey, and ______ of money,
Wrapped up in a five-pound note.
The ______ looked up to the stars above,
And sang to ______ small guitar,
"O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love,
______ a beautiful Pussy you are,
You are,
You are!
______ a beautiful Pussy you are!"
II
Pussy said ______ 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?"
______ sailed away, for a year and a day,
To ______ land where the Bong-Tree grows
And there in a ______ a Piggy-wig stood
With a ring at the end ______ his nose,
His nose,
His nose,
With a ring ______ the end of his nose.
III
"Dear Pig, are ______ willing to sell for one shilling
Your ring?" ______ the Piggy, "I will."
So they took it away, and were married next day
By the Turkey who ______ on the hill.
They dined on mince, and slices ______ quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And ______ in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They ______ by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.