And avoided that man with a flute.

There was a Young Lady whose chin (чей подбородок),

Resembled the point of a pin (напоминал кончик булавки);

So she had it made sharp (так что = поэтому она сделала его острым,

заострила),

And purchased a harp (приобрела арфу),

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There was a Young Lady whose chin,

Resembled the point of a pin;

So she had it made sharp,

And purchased a harp,

And played several tunes with her chin.

There was an Old Man of Kilkenny (город в Северной Ирландии),

Who never had more than a penny (никогда не имел больше, чем пенни);

He spent all that money (потратил все те деньги),

In onions and honey (на лук и мёд),

That wayward (своенравный) Old Man of Kilkenny.

There was an Old Man of Kilkenny,

Who never had more than a penny;

He spent all that money,

In onions and honey,

That wayward Old Man of Kilkenny.

There was an Old Person of Ischia (город в Италии),

Whose conduct grew friskier and friskier (поведение становилось все игривее,

резвее; grow – расти, увеличиваться; frisk – прыжок, скачок);

He danced hornpipes and jigs (танцевал хорнпайпы и джиги; hornpipe:

«рожковый свисток, дудка» – волынка; английский матросский танец),

And ate thousands of figs (ел тысячи фиг; eat – есть, кушать),

That lively (полный жизни, энергичный) Old Person of Ischia.

There was an Old Person of Ischia,

Whose conduct grew friskier and friskier;

He danced hornpipes and jigs,

And ate thousands of figs,

That lively Old Person of Ischia.

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There was an Old Man in a boat,

Who said, 'I'm afloat, I'm afloat! '

When they said, 'No! you ain't! '

He was ready to faint,

That unhappy Old Man in a boat.

There was a Young Lady of Portugal,

Whose ideas were excessively nautical (чьи идеи были чрезмерно, чересчур

мореходными):

She climbed up a tree (взобралась на дерево),

To examine the sea (чтобы изучать /рассматривать/ море),

But declared she would never leave Portugal (но заявила, что она никогда не

покинет Португалию).

There was a Young Lady of Portugal,

Whose ideas were excessively nautical:

She climbed up a tree,

To examine the sea,