THERE WAS a monkey climbed up a tree When he fell down, then down fell he. There was a crow sat on a stone, When he was gone, then there was none, There was an old wife did eat an apple, When she had eat two, she had eat a couple. There was a horse going to the mill, When he went on, he stood not still. There was a butcher cut his thumb, When it did bleed, then blood did come. There was a lackey ran a race When he ran fast he ran apace. There was a cobbler clouting shoon, When they were mended, they were done. There was a chandler making candle, When he them strip, he did them handle. There was a navy went into Spain, When it returned, it came again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO MY INCONSTANT MISTRESS by THOMAS CAREW ECHO AND THE FERRY by JEAN INGELOW THOU LIGHT OF LIFE by BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX I THINK I KNOW NO FINER THINGS THAN DOGS by HALLY CARRINGTON BRENT THE WANDERER: 1. IN ITALY: MORNING AND MEETING by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |