1 There was an Old Man with a nose
2 There was a Young Person of Smyrna
3 There was an Old Man on a hill
4 There was an Old Person of Chili
5 There was an Old Man with a gong
6 There was an Old Man of Kilkenny
7 There was an Old Man of Columbia
8 There was an Old Man in a tree
9 There was an Old Lady of Chertsey
10 There was a Young Lady whose chin
11 There was an Old Man with a flute
12 There was a Young Lady of Portugal
13 There was an Old Person of Ischia
14 There was an Old Man of Vienna
15 There was an Old Man in a boat
16 There was an Old Person of Buda
17 There was an Old Man of Moldavia
18 There was an Old Person of Hurst
19 There was an Old Man of Madras
20 There was an Old Person of Dover
21 There was an Old Person of Leeds
22 There was an Old Person of Cadiz
23 There was an Old Man of the Isles
24 There was an Old Person of Basing
25 There was an Old Man who supposed
26 There was an Old Person whose habits
27 There was an Old Man of the West
28 There was an Old Man of Marseilles
29 There was an Old Man of the Wrekin
30 There was a Young Lady whose nose
31 There was a Young Lady of Norway
32 There was an Old Man of Apulia
33 There was an Old Man of Quebec
34 There was a Young Lady of Bute
35 There was an Old Person of Philo
36 There was an Old Man with a poker
37 There was an Old Person of Prague
38 There was an Old Man of Peru
39 There was an Old Man of the North
40 There was an Old Person of Troy
41 There was an Old Person of Mold
42 There was an Old Person of Tring
43 There was an Old Man of Nepaul
44 There was an Old Man of the Nile
45 There was an Old Man of th' Abruzzi
46 There was an Old Man of Calcutta
47 There was an Old Person of Rhodes
48 There was an Old Man of the South
49 There was an Old Man of Melrose
50 There was an Old Man of the Dee
51 There was a Young Lady of Lucca
52 There was an Old Man of Coblenz
53 There was an Old Man of Bohemia
54 There was an Old Man of Corfu
55 There was an Old Man of Vesuvius
56 There was an Old Man of Dundee
57 There was an Old Lady whose folly
58 There was an Old Man on some rocks
59 There was an Old Person of Rheims
60 There was an Old Man of Leghorn
61 There was an Old Man in a pew
62 There was an Old Man of Jamaica
63 There was an Old Man who said "How
64 There was a Young Lady of Troy
65 There was a Young Lady of Hull
66 There was an Old Person of Dutton
67 There was an Old Man who said "Hush!
68 There was a Young Lady of Russia
69 There was a Young Lady of Tyre
70 There was an Old Person of Bangor
71 There was an Old Man of the East
72 There was an Old Man of the Coast
73 There was an Old Man of Kamschatka
74 There was an Old Person of Gretna
75 There was an Old Man with a beard
76 There was an Old Man of Berlin
77 There was an Old Man of the West
78 There was an Old Person of Cheadle
79 There was an Old Person of Anerley
80 There was a Young Lady of Wales
81 There was a Young Lady of Welling
82 There was an Old Person of Tartary
83 There was an Old Man of Whitehaven
84 There was a Young Lady of Sweden
85 There was an Old Person of Chester
86 There was an Old Man of the Cape
87 There was an Old Person of Burton
88 There was an Old Person of Ems
89 There was a Young Girl of Majorca
90 There was a Young Lady of Poole
91 There was an Old Lady of Prague
92 There was a Young Lady of Parma
93 There was an Old Person of Sparta
94 There was an Old Man on whose nose
95 There was a Young Lady of Turkey
96 There was an Old Man of Aôsta
97 There was a Young Person of Crete
98 There was a Young Lady of Clare
99 There was a Young Lady of Dorking
100 There was an Old Man of Cape Horn
101 There was an old Person of Cromer
102 There was an Old Man of the Hague
103 There was an Old Person of Spain
104 There was an Old Man who said "Well!
105 There was an Old Man with an Owl
106 There was an Old Man in a casement
107 There was an Old Person of Ewell
108 There was an Old Man of Peru
109 There was an Old Man with a beard
110 There was a Young Lady whose eyes
111 There was a Young Lady of Ryde
112 There was a Young Lady whose bonnet
113 There was a young person of Bantry
114 There was an Old Man at a Junction
115 There was an old person of Minety
116 There was an old man of Thermopylae
117 There was an old person of Deal
118 There was an old man on the Humber
119 There was an old man in a barge
120 There was an old man of Dunrose;
121 There was an old man of Toulouse
122 There was an old person of Bree
123 There was an old person of Bromley
124 There was an old person of Shields
125 There was an old man of Dunluce
126 There was an old man of Dee-side
127 There was an old person in black
128 There was an old man of the Dargle
129 There was an old person of Pinner
130 There was an old person of China
131 There was an old man in a Marsh
132 There was an old person of Brill
133 There was an old person of Wick
134 There was an old man at a Station
135 There was an old man of Three Bridges
136 There was an old man of Hong Kong
137 There was a young person in green
138 There was an old person of Fife
139 There was an old man who screamed out
140 There was a young lady in white
141 There was an old person of Slough
142 There was an old person of Down
143 There was a young person in red
144 There was an old person of Hove
145 There was a young person in pink
146 There was an old lady of France
147 There was an old person of Putney
148 There was an old person of Loo
149 There was an old person of Woking
150 There was an old person of Dean
151 There was a young lady in blue
152 There was an old Man in a Garden
153 There was an old person of Pisa
154 There was an old person of Florence
155 There was an old person of Sheen
156 There was an old person of Ware
157 There was a young person of Janina
158 There was an old man of Cashmere
159 There was an old person of Cassel
160 There was an old person of Pett
161 There was an old man of Spithead
162 There was an old man on the Border
163 There was an old man of Dumbree
164 There was an old person of Filey
165 There was an old man whose remorse
166 There was an old man of Ibreem
167 There was an old person of Wilts
168 There was an old person of Grange
169 There was an old person of Newry
170 There was an old man of Dumblane
171 There was an old man of Port Grigor
172 There was an old man of El Hums
173 There was an old man of West Dumpet
174 There was an old person of Sark
175 There was an old man whose despair
176 There was an old person of Barnes
177 There was an old person of Nice
178 There was a young lady of Greenwich
179 There was an old person of Cannes
180 There was an old person of Ickley
181 There was an old person of Hyde
182 There was an old person in gray
183 There was an old man of Ancona
184 There was an old person of Sestri
185 There was an old person of Blythe
186 There was a young person of Ayr
187 There was an old person of Rimini
188 There is a young lady whose nose
189 There was an old person of Ealing
190 There was an old man of Thames Ditton
191 There was an old person of Bray
192 There was a young person whose history
193 There was an old person of Bow
194 There was an old person of Rye
195 There was an old person of Crowle
196 There was an old Lady of Winchelsea
197 There was an old man in a tree
198 There was a young lady of Corsica
199 There was a young lady of Firle
200 There was an old person of Stroud
201 There was an old man of Boulak
202 There was an old person of Skye
203 There was an old man of Blackheath
204 There was an old man who when little
205 There was an old person of Dundalk
206 There was an old person of Shoreham
207 There was an old person of Bar
208 There was a young person of Kew
209 There was an old person of Jodd
210 There was an old person of Bude
211 There was an old person of Brigg
212 There was an old man of Messina

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All limericks and their illustrations come from two books by Edward Lear:

• A Book of Nonsense
• More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc.