English Poetry. Edward Lear. There Was an Old Man of Tobago. Эдвард Лир. Старик из Тобаго, бедняжка

Edward Lear (Эдвард Лир)

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There was an old man of Tobago,
Who lived on rice, gruel and sago;
	Till, much to his bliss,
	His physician said this
To a leg, sir, of mutton you may go.

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Старик из Тобаго, бедняжка,
Питался лишь жидкою кашкой.
	Но бросился вскачь,
	Когда ему врач
Сказал: «Возьми ножку барашка».

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Edward Lear’s other poems:

1. There Was a Young Person of Smyrna
2. There Was an Old Person in Gray
3. There Was An Old Person Of Basing
4. The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo
5. Cold Are The Crabs

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