LEAR'S NONSENSE DROLLERIES
The Owl & The Pussy Cat
and
The Duck
& the
Kangaroo
WITH
Original Illustrations
BY
William Foster
LONDON & NEW YORK
FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.
1889
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
The Owl
and
The Pussy-Cat.
The Duck
and
The Kangaroo.
Nonsense Drolleries
The Owl & The Pussy-Cat—The Duck & The Kangaroo.
BY
EDWARD LEAR,
AUTHOR OF "THE BOOK OF NONSENSE," ETC.
WITH ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS BY WILLIAM FOSTER
LONDON & NEW YORK
FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.
1889
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
PUBLISHERS' PREFACE.
The almost general desire to have The Owland The Pussy-cat, The Duck and TheKangaroo, in a distinct form from Mr. Lear'sother Nonsense Drolleries, has induced us toissue them separately with Original Illustrations.
Fredk. Warne & Co.
London
Engraved & Printed
at
Racquet Court,
by
Edmund Evans.
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat,
In a beautiful pea-green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money
Wrapped up in a five-pound note.
Wrapped up in a five-pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,
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!"
What a beautiful Pussy you are,
You are,
You are!
What a beautiful Pussy you are!"
Pussy said to the Owl, "You elegant fowl!
How charmingly sweet you sing!
How charmingly sweet you sing!
O let us be married! to
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