There once was an old man of Lyme
Who married three wives at a time,
When asked, 'Why a third?'
He replied, 'One's absurd!
And bigamy, sir, is a crime.
More verses by William Cosmo Monkhouse
- Limerick: There Was A Young Lady Named Laura
- De Libris
- Limerick: There Once Was An Old Monk Of Basing
- There Was A Young Lady Named Laura
- There Once Was An Old Man Of Lyme