There was and old person of Sestri,

who sat himself down in the vestry;

when they said, “You are wrong!”

He merely said, “Bong!”

That repulsive old person of Sestri.

There was an old person in grey,

whose feelings were tinged with dismay;

she purchased two parrots

and fed them with carrots,

which pleases that old person in grey.

There was an old person of Bow,

whom nobody happened to know;

so they gave him some soap,

and said coldly, “We hope

you will go back directly to Bow!”

There was an old person of Bude,

whose deportment was vicious and crudes;

he wore a large ruff

of pale straw-coloured stuff,

which perplexed all the people of Bude.

I wish I hadn’t washed this wrist watch,

I’ve washed all the wheels and works,

Oh how it jumps and jerks.

I wish I hadn’t washed this watch,

for I would wish a washer woman where

I wished this wrist watch which was washed.