A Book of Nonsense  

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A Book of Nonsense (1846) is a book of Edward Lear, a volume of limericks that went through three editions and helped popularize the form.

List of limericks from[1]

There was an Old Derry down Derry

1. There was an Old Man with a beard

2. There was a Young Lady of Ryde

3. There was an Old Man with a nose

4. There was an Old Man on a hill

5. There was a Young Lady whose bonnet

6. There was a Young Person of Smyrna

7. There was an Old Person of Chili

8. There was an Old Man with a gong

9. There was an Old Lady of Chertsey

10. There was an Old Man in a tree

11. There was an Old Man with a flute

12. There was a Young Lady whose chin

13. There was an Old Man of Kilkenny

14. There was an Old Person of Ischia

15. There was an Old Man in a boat

16. There was a Young Lady of Portugal

17. There was an Old Man of Moldavia

18. There was an Old Man of Madras

19. There was an Old Person of Leeds

20. There was an Old Man of Peru

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56. There was an Old Man of Vesuvius

73. There was a Young Lady of Hull

79. There was a Young Lady of Tyre

80. There was an Old Man who said, 'Hush!

91. There was a Young Lady of Russia

107. There was an Old Person of Ems

108. There was an Old Person of Ewell

109. There was a Young Lady of Parma

110. There was an Old Man of Aôsta

111. There was an Old Man, on whose nose

112. There was a Young Lady of Clare

113. There was an Old Man of Kildare