1. A wonderful bird is a pelican
His mouth can hold more than his belican
He can take in his beak
Enough food for a week-
I'm damned if I know how the helican.

2. There was a young man of St. Bees
Who was stung on the arm by a wasp;
When they said, "Does it hurt?"
He replied, "No it doesn't:
It's a good thing it wasn't a hornet.

3. There was a young lady of Spain
Who was dreafully sick in a train,
Not once, but again,
And again, and again,
And again, and again, and again.

4. There was an old party of Lyme
Who married three wives at one time
When asked: "Why the third?"
He replied: "One's absurd,
And bigamy, sir, is a crime.

5. There was a young fellow named Hall
Who fell in the spring in the fall
Twould have been a sad thing
If he'd died in the spring
But he did'nt he died in the fall.