Which drowned that Old Person of Cadiz.

 

There was an Old Person of Basing,

Whose presence of mind was amazing (чье хладнокровие: «присутствие духа» было удивительным);

He purchased a steed (купил /боевого/ коня, рысака),

Which he rode at full speed (на котором он скакал со всей: «с полной» скоростью; ride – скакать),

And escaped from (и спасся бегством от) the people of Basing.

 

There was an Old Person of Basing,

Whose presence of mind was amazing;

He purchased a steed,

Which he rode at full speed,

And escaped from the people of Basing.

 

There was an Old Man of Quebec (из Квебека),

A beetle ran over his neck (жук пробежал по его шее);

But he cried (закричал), 'With a needle (с иглой),

I'll slay you (умервщлю тебя), O beadle! (церковный сторож)'

That angry (злой) Old Man of Quebec.

 

There was an Old Man of Quebec,

A beetle ran over his neck;

But he cried, 'With a needle,

I'll slay you, O beadle!'

That angry Old Man of Quebec.

 

There was an Old Person of Philæ,

Whose conduct was scroobious and wily (чье поведение быть странным и лукавым);

He rushed up a Palm (бросился на Пальму),

When the weather was calm (когда погода была тихой),

And observed all the ruins (наблюдал за развалинами) of Philæ.

 

There was an Old Person of Philæ;,

Whose conduct was scroobious and wily;

He rushed up a Palm,