Tuesday, March 16, 2010

The Owl And The Pussy-Cat by Edward Lear

The Owl And The Pussy-Cat by Edward Lear

I
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,
'O lovely Pussy! O Pussy my love,
What a beautiful Pussy you are,
You are,
You are!
What a beautiful Pussy you are!'



II
Pussy said to the Owl, 'You elegant fowl!
How charmingly sweet you sing!
O let us be married! too long we have tarried:
But what shall we do for a ring?'
They sailed away, for a year and a day,
To the land where the Bong-tree grows
And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood
With a ring at the end of his nose,
His nose,
His nose,
With a ring at the end of his nose.

III
'Dear pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling
Your ring?'Said the Piggy,'I will.'
So they took it away, and were married next day
By the Turkey who lives on the hill.
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.

6 comments:

greenfumb said...

Love it!! But what's a Runcible spoon?

Olive said...

I've always wondered what a Runcible spoon was too.

My Veggie Garden said...

Runcible spoon:- A three-pronged fork, such as a pickle fork, curved like a spoon and having a cutting edge.
So they say!

greenfumb said...

Bit like a 70's splade type thing then?

Lee said...

I love this poem!

I also love the poem "The Jumblies" which I think is also by Lear - are you familiar with it?

"Far and few, far and few
Are the lands where the Jumblies live.
Their heads are green and their hands are blue,
And they went to sea in a sieve!"


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