There was an Old Sailor of Compton,
Whose vessel a rock it once bump'd on;
The shock was so great,
that it damaged the pate,
Of that singular Sailor of Compton.
More verses by Edward Lear
- 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
- Limerick: There Was An Old Man Who, When Little