And displeased that Ols Person of Chester.

There was an Old Man with a owl (с совой),

Who continued to bother and howl (продолжал беспокоиться и завывать);

He sat on a rail (сидел на ограде)

And imbibed bitter ale (поглощал горький эль),

Which refreshed (что подкрепило, освежало) that Old Man and his owl.

There was an Old Man with a owl,

Who continued to bother and howl;

He sat on a rail

And imbibed bitter ale,

Which refreshed that Old Man and his owl.

There was an Old Person from Gretna ([город в Шотландии]),

Who rushed down the crater of Etna (сбежал вниз кратера Этны);

When they said, 'Is it hot (горячо)? '

He replied (ответил), 'No, it's not! '

That mendacious (лживый) Old Person of Gretna.

There was an Old Person from Gretna,

Who rushed down the crater of Etna;

When they said, 'Is it hot? '

He replied, 'No, it's not! '

That mendacious Old Person of Gretna.

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There was a Young Lady of Sweden,

Who went by the slow train to Weedon;

When they cried, 'Weedon Station! '

She made no observation

But thought she should go back to Sweden.

101 There was a Young Girl of Majorca (с Майорки),

Whose aunt was a very fast walker (чья тетя была очень быстрым ходоком);

She walked seventy miles (она прошла 70 миль),

And leaped fifteen stiles (и перепрыгнула /через/ 15 заборов),

Which astonished (что изумило, удивило) that Girl of Majorca.

There was a Young Girl of Majorca,

Whose aunt was a very fast walker;

She walked seventy miles,

And leaped fifteen stiles,

Which astonished that Girl of Majorca.

There was an Old Man of the Cape,

Who possessed a large Barbary ape (владел = был хозяином большой

бесхвостой /африканской/ обезьяной),

Till the ape one dark night (одной темной ночью)

Set the house all alight (подожгла весь дом; set – помещать /в какое-либо

положение/, приводить /в какое-либо состояние/),

Which burned (что сожгло) that Old Man of the Cape.

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There was an Old Man of the Cape,

Who possessed a large Barbary ape,

Till the ape one dark night

Set the house all alight,