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Nonsense Alphabet 2

By Edward Lear

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A          a     A was once an apple-pie,     Pidy,     Widy,     Tidy,     Pidy,     Nice insidy,     Apple-pie!     B          b     B was once a little bear,     Beary,     Wary,     Hairy,     Beary,     Taky cary,     Little bear!     C          c     C was once a little cake,     Caky,     Baky,     Maky,     Caky,     Taky caky,     Little cake!     D          d     D was once a little doll,     Dolly,     Molly,     Polly,     Nolly,     Nursy dolly,     Little doll!     E          e     E was once a little eel,     Eely,     Weely,     Peely,     Eely,     Twirly, tweely,     Little eel!     F          f     F was once a little fish,     Fishy,     Wishy,     Squishy,     Fishy,     In a dishy,     Little fish!     G          g     G was once a little goose,     Goosy,     Moosy,     Boosey,     Goosey,     Waddly-woosy,     Little goose!     H          h     H was once a little hen,     Henny,     Chenny,     Tenny,     Henny.     Eggsy-any,     Little hen?     I          i     I was once a bottle of ink     Inky,     Dinky,     Thinky,     Inky,     Blacky minky,     Bottle of ink!     J          j     J was once a jar of jam,     Jammy,     Mammy,     Clammy,     Jammy,     Sweety, swammy,     Jar of jam!     K          k     K was once a little kite,     Kity,     Whity,     Flighty,     Kity,     Out of sighty,     Little kite!     L          l     L was once a little lark,     Larky,     Marky,     Harky,     Larky,     In the parky,     Little lark!     M          m     M was once a little mouse,     Mousy,     Bousy,     Sousy,     Mousy,     In the housy,     Little mouse!     N          n     N was once a little needle,     Needly,     Tweedly,     Threedly,     Needly,     Wisky, wheedly,     Little needle!     O          o     O was once a little owl,     Owly,     Prowly,     Howly,     Owly,     Browny fowly,     Little owl!     P          p     P was once a little pump,     Pumpy,     Slumpy,     Flumpy,     Pumpy,     Dumpy, thumpy,     Little pump!     Q          q     Q was once a little quail,     Quaily,     Faily,     Daily,     Quaily,     Stumpy-taily,     Little quail!     R          r     R was once a little rose,     Rosy,     Posy,     Nosy,     Rosy,     Blows-y, grows-y,     Little rose!     S          s     S was once a little shrimp,     Shrimpy,     Nimpy,     Flimpy,     Shrimpy.     Jumpy, jimpy,     Little shrimp!     T          t     T was once a little thrush,     Thrushy,     Hushy,     Bushy,     Thrushy,     Flitty, flushy,     Little thrush!     U          u     U was once a little urn,     Urny,     Burny,     Turny,     Urny,     Bubbly, burny,     Little urn!     V          v     V was once a little vine,     Viny,     Winy,     Twiny,     Viny,     Twisty-twiny,     Little vine!     W          w     W was once a whale,     Whaly,     Scaly,     Shaly,     Whaly,     Tumbly-taily,     Mighty whale!     X          x     X was once a great king Xerxes,     Xerxy,     Perxy,     Turxy,     Xerxy,     Linxy, lurxy,     Great King Xerxes!     Y          y     Y was once a little yew,     Yewdy,     Fewdy,     Crudy,     Yewdy,     Growdy, grewdy,     Little yew!     Z          z     Z was once a piece of zinc,     Tinky,     Winky,     Blinky,     Tinky,     Tinkly minky,     Piece of zinc!

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Edward Lear (1812–1888) was an English artist, author, and poet known for his literary nonsense. His "Book of Nonsense" and poems like "The Owl and the Pussycat" popularized the limerick form and delighted generations of children.

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