There was an Old Man of Kildare

There was an Old Man of Kildare...
by Edward Lear
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 There was an Old Man of Kildare,
 Who climbed into a very old chair;
 When he said, — "Here I stays, —
 Till the end of my days,"
 That immovable Man of Kildare.

 <Publ. 1846>