nonsense verses

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nonsense verses

A great big ugly man came up and tied his horse to me

a book of nonsense verse
1973
A collection of nonsense poems which includes, "I do not like thee, Doctor Fell," "Moll-in-the-Wad," "My Pussy Cat has got the Gout," and many others.

Squeeze a sneeze

1977
Suggests putting words together into funny rhymes such as "Bake a cake for your favorite snake.".

Oh, such foolishness!

Poems
1978
A collection of humorous and nonsense poems.

If I ran the circus

A boy imagines he owns a circus with fantastic incredible animals who perform unperformable tricks.

Pocketful of nonsense

2003
Old favorites and original works by Marshall make up this collection of humorous rhymes, limericks, and poems.

There was a bold lady who wanted a star

2002
In this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme, a feisty woman tries roller skates, a bicycle, and even a rocket to reach a star.

There was an old woman

1974
The traditional verse tale of the old woman with peculiar eating habits.

Now we are six

1961
A collection of poetry, including King John's Christmas, Sneezles, Us Two, Cradle Song, and other poems from the life and imagination of a small child.

How beastly!

A menagerie of nonsense poems
1980
A collection of nonsense poems about beastly creatures.

How pleasant to know Mr. Lear!

Edward Lear's selected works
1982
A selection of nonsense verse, with the author's illustrations, by the great nineteenth-century English humorist. Includes biographical introduction and notes.

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