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!'

 

There was an Old Man with a flute (с флейтой),

A sarpint ran into his boot (змий вполз в его ботинок; sarpint (устар.) = serpent; run – бежать);

But he played day and night (играл день и ночь),

Till the sarpint took flight (обратился в бегство; take – брать),

And avoided (избегал) that man with a flute.

 

There was an Old Man with a flute,

A sarpint ran into his boot;

But he played daay and night,

Till the sarpint took flight,

And avoided that man with a flute.

 

There was a Young Lady whose chin (чей подбородок),

Resembled the point of a pin (напоминал кончик булавки);

So she had it made sharp (так что = поэтому она сделала его острым, заострила),

And purchased a harp (приобрела арфу),

And played several tunes (играла несколько /целый ряд/ мелодий) with her chin (своим подбородком).

 

 

There was a Young Lady whose chin,

Resembled the point of a pin;

So she had it made sharp,

And purchased a harp,

And played several tunes with her chin.

 

There was an Old Man of Kilkenny (город в Северной Ирландии),

Who never had more than a penny (никогда не имел больше, чем пенни);

He spent all that money (потратил все те деньги),

In onions and honey (на лук и мёд),

That wayward (своенравный) Old Man of Kilkenny.

 

 

There was an Old Man of Kilkenny,