Till my hair has grown white,

But nobody answers this bell! '

There was a Young Lady of Wales (из Уэльса),

Who caught a large fish without scales (поймала большую рыбу без чешуи;

catch – поймать, ловить);

When she lifted her hook (когда она подняла свой крючок)

She exclaimed (воскликнула), 'Only look (только посмотрите)! '

That ecstatic Young Lady of Wales (исступленная).

There was a Young Lady of Wales,

Who caught a large fish without scales;

When she lifted her hook

She exclaimed, 'Only look! '

That ecstatic Young Lady of Wales.

There was an Old Person of Cheadle,

Who was put in the stocks by the beadle (был помещен в колодки церковным

сторожем)

For stealing some pigs (за кражу нескольких свиней),

Some coats (шкур, курток), and some wigs (париков),

That horrible person of Cheadle (ужасный).

There was an Old Person of Cheadle,

Who was put in the stocks by the beadle

For stealing some pigs,

Some coats, and some wigs,

That horrible person of Cheadle.

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There was a Young Lady of Welling,

Whose praise all the world was a-telling;

She played on a harp,

And caught several carp,

That accomplished Young Lady of Welling.

There was an Old Person of Tartary (из Татарии),

Who divided his jugular artery (рассек свою яремную вену);

But he screeched to his wife (прохрипел, провизжал своей жене),

And she said, 'Oh, my life (о, моя жизнь)!

Your death will be felt by all Tartary (твоя смерть будет переживаема =

оплакиваема всей Татарией; feel – трогать, чувствовать, испытывать)! '

There was an Old Person of Tartary,

Who divided his jugular artery;

But he screeched to his wife,

And she said, 'Oh, my life!

Your death will be felt by all Tartary! '

There was an Old Person of Chester,

Whom several small children did pester (которому несколько маленьких детей

докучали);

They threw some large stones (они кидали большие камни; throw – кидать),

Which broke most of his bones (что сломало большую часть его костей; break

– ломать, разбивать),

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There was an Old Person of Chester,

Whom several small children did pester;

They threw some large stones,

Which broke most of his bones,