There was an Old Man in a tree,
Who was horribly bored by a bee.
When they said "Does it buzz?"
He replied "Yes, it does!
It's a regular brute of a bee!"
Classic poem
There Was an Old Man in a Tree
Public domain/Source
About this poem
- First line
- There was an Old Man in a tree,
- Poet
- Edward Lear
- Themes
- nature, time
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