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There was an Old Person of Philae,
Whose conduct was scroobious and wily;
He rushed up a Palm,
When the weather was calm,
And observed all the ruins of Philae.
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Был персонный старик, житель Фил,
Археолух и скрубиофил;
В вёдро влезет на древо
И глядит вправо-влево,
Озирая развалины Фил.
There was a Young Lady of Bute,
Who played on a silver-gilt flute;
She played several jigs,
To her uncle's white pigs,
That amusing Young Lady of Bute.
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Презабавная дева из Бьюту
В руки флейту взяла на минуту
И сыграла на ней
Пару джиг для свиней
Престарелого дяди из Бьюту.
There was a Young Lady whose nose
Was so long that it reached to her toes;
So she hired an Old Lady,
Whose conduct was steady,
To carry that wonderful nose.
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У девицы одной чудо-нос
Рос и рос, и до полу дорос;
Так старушку, бывало,
Ту, что твёрдо ступала,
Нанимала носить этот нос.
There was a Young Lady of Turkey,
Who wept when the weather was murky;
When the day turned out fine,
She ceased to repine,
That capricious Young Lady of Turkey.
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В непогоду девица из Турции
Вся в горючих слезах и в нахмурции;
А в погоду она
Умиротворена,
Капризуля-девица из Турции.
There was an Old Man of Apulia,
Whose conduct was very peculiar;
He fed twenty sons
Upon nothing but buns,