There was an Old Man at a casement,
Who held up his hands in amazement;
When they said, 'Sir, you'll fall!'
He replied, 'Not at all!'
That incipient Old Man at a casement.
More verses by Edward Lear
- Limerick: There Was An Old Sailor Of Compton
- Limerick: There Was An Old Person Of Buda
- Limerick: There Was An Old Man On Some Rocks,
- Limerick: There Was An Old Man Of The Isles
- Limerick: There Was An Old Man Of The West