There was an Old Man of Marseilles,

Whose daughters wore bottle-green veils;

They caught several Fish,

Which they put in a dish,

And sent to their Pa' at Marseilles.

Дочки старого мсье из Марселя

Изумрудны вуали надели;

Наловив окуней,

Отослали оне

Их на блюде Папа из Марселя.

There was an Old Person of Cadiz,

Who was always polite to all ladies;

But in handing his daughter,

He fell into the water,

Which drowned that Old Person of Cadiz.

Сей галантный старик, житель Кадиса,

Юным дамам служил жизнирадисто,

Впрочем, также и прочим;

Но подсаживал дочь он,

В воду плюх и утоп житель Кадиса.

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.

Жил-был старец из города Бейсинга,

Не терявший в душе равновейсинга;

И, купив скакуна,

Ускакал старина

Прочь от жителей города Бейсинга.

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.

Шею старца в пределах Квебека

Некий жук сделал местом забега;

Хвать иглу старина:

«Насажу тебя на

Остриё, скорожук из Квебека!»

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.

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.

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.

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.

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,

That whimsical Man of Apulia.

Эксцентричный старик из Апулии

Был весьма специфичным папулею

Двадцати сыновей;

И кормил их, ей-ей,

Только сдобой старик из Апулии.

There was an Old Man with a poker,

Who painted his face with red oker;

When they said, 'You're a Guy!

He made no reply,

But knocked them all down with his poker.

На лице старика с кочергою

Охрой крашено то и другое;

Скажет кто: «Ну и шут!» —

Уж старик тут как тут

И в нокдаун того кочергою.

There was an Old Person of Prague,

Who was suddenly seized with the Plague;

But they gave him some butter,

Which caused him to mutter,

And cured that Old Person of Prague.

Жил да был некий старец из Праги,

Злоключилась чума у бедняги;

Так бы жизнь и угасла,

Да коровьего масла

Дали вовремя старцу из Праги.