The Book of Nonsense/There was an Old Man in a boat

by Edward Lear

 

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.

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