There was an Old Man of Kamschatka,

Who possessed a remarkable fat cur;

His gait and his waddle

Were held as a model

To all the fat dogs in Kamschatka.

There was an Old Man of the coast (с побережья),

Who placidly sat on a post (спокойно, мирно сидел на столбе);

But when it was cold (когда было холодно)

He relinquished his hold (ослабил свою хватку)

And cal ed for some hot buttered toast (попросил несколько горячих масляных

/со сливочным маслом/ тостов).

There was an Old Man of the coast,

Who placidly sat on a post;

But when it was cold

He relinquished his hold

And called for some hot buttered toast.

There was an Old Person of Bangor ([город в Уэльсе]),

Whose face was distorted with anger (лицо было искажено гневом, яростью)!

He tore off his boots (разорвал его ботинки),

And subsisted on roots (существовал, кормился корнями),

That irascible Person of Bangor (раздражительный, вспыльчивый).

There was an Old Person of Bangor,

Whose face was distorted with anger!

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He tore off his boots,

And subsisted on roots,

That irascible Person of Bangor.

There was an Old Man with a beard (с бородой),

Who sat on a horse when he reared (сидел на коне, когда он встал на дыбы);

But they said, " Never mind (не волнуйтесь)!

You will fal off behind (свалитесь, упадете /с коня/ назад),

You propitious (доброжелательный, благосклонный = добродушный) Old Man

with a beard! "

There was an Old Man with a beard,

Who sat on a horse when he reared;

But they said, " Never mind!

You will fall off behind,

You propitious Old Man with a beard! "

There was an Old Man of the West (с Запада),

Who never could get any rest (никогда не мог получить отдых = отдохнуть);

So they set him to spin (заставили его крутиться)

On his nose and chin (на носу и подбородке),

Which cured (что вылечило) that Old Man of the West.

There was an Old Man of the West,

Who never could get any rest;

So they set him to spin

On his nose and chin,

Which cured that Old Man of the West.

There was an Old Person of Anerley,

Whose conduct was strange and unmannerly (поведение которого было

странным и невежливым: «лишенным манер»);

He rushed down the Strand (он пронесся вниз на Стрэнду /улица Лондона/)

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There was an Old Person of Anerley,

Whose conduct was strange and unmannerly;

He rushed down the Strand

With a pig in each hand,