No. 6 of 15 · Edward Lear
The Jumblies
Words by Edward Lear
Edward Lear's own drawing of the Jumblies sailing off in their sieve under a little flag, with "Bon Voyage" on the front and the opening of his 1871 nonsense poem inside: their heads are green, their hands are blue, and they went to sea in a sieve. Lear was the master of nonsense, and his Book of Nonsense made the limerick famous. For someone setting off on a journey.
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Inside, it says
THE JUMBLIES Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live: Their heads are green, and their hands are blue And they went to sea in a sieve.
On the back
Edward Lear, Nonsense Songs, 1871 / Words and drawings by Edward Lear / Edward Lear (1812-1888) was the master of nonsense. His Book of Nonsense (1846) made the limerick famous, and his own wobbly drawings still make every age laugh.
