William Cosmo Monkhouse Quote

There once was an old man of Lyme
Who married three wives at a time,
When asked 'Why a third?'
He replied, 'One's absurd!
And bigamy, Sir, is a crime!'


Nonsense Rhymes (1902)


There once was an old man of Lyme Who married three wives at a time, When asked 'Why a third?' He replied, 'One's absurd! And bigamy, Sir, is a...

There once was an old man of Lyme Who married three wives at a time, When asked 'Why a third?' He replied, 'One's absurd! And bigamy, Sir, is a...

There once was an old man of Lyme Who married three wives at a time, When asked 'Why a third?' He replied, 'One's absurd! And bigamy, Sir, is a...

There once was an old man of Lyme Who married three wives at a time, When asked 'Why a third?' He replied, 'One's absurd! And bigamy, Sir, is a...