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.