Edward Gorey
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The Listing Attic
There was a young lady named Rose
A headstrong young woman in Ealing
A certain young man, it was noted
A lady was seized with intent
A dreary young bank clerk named Fennis
A gift was delivered to Laura
A clerical student named Pryne
Il y a une jeune fille amoureuse
My trip? It was vile. Balaclava I loathed
A young man of acumen and daring
The partition of Vavasour Scowles
As the breeches-buoy swung towards the rocks
An innocent maiden named Herridge
Les salons de la ville de Trieste
Some Harvard men, stalwart and hairy
An Edwardian father named Udgeon
The babe, with a cry brief and dismal
A lady both callous and brash
A guest in a household quite charmless
A beetling young woman named Pridgets
A lady born under a curse
Each night Father fills me with dread
There was a young curate whose brain
A young man grew increasingly peaky
The first child of a Mrs. Keats-Shelley
At whist drives and strawberry teas
There was a young sportsman named Peel
A timid young woman named Jane
Said a girl who upon her divan
Un moine au milieu de la messe
Augustus, for splashing his soup
A young lady who lived by the Usk
At the Villa Nemetia the sleepers
There was a young lady named Fleager
A lady who signs herself ‘Vexed’
A gentleman, otherwise meek
From the bathing machine came a din
As tourists inspected the apse
Pour guérir un accès fe fièvre
A nurse motivated by spite
The Dowager Duchess of Spout
Said Francesca, My lack of volition
The sight of his guests filled Lord Cray
An incautious young woman named Venn
An indefatigable woman named Bavel
Having made a remark rather coarse
An old gentlemen's crotchets and quibblings
There was a young man, name of Fred
From Number Nine, Penwiper Mews
There was a young man who appeared
Ce livre est dédié à Chagrin
Vocalist - Wayne Vargas
Poem Source: Amphigorey Also - Harper Paperbacks - 1993
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