No. 1 of 15 · Edward Lear
The Owl and the Pussy-cat Anniversary
Words by Edward Lear
Edward Lear's own drawing shows the Owl strumming a guitar as the Pussy-cat sits beside a honey jar in their pea-green boat, under the words Happy Anniversary. Inside are his lines from Nonsense Songs of 1871, ending with the two dancing hand in hand by the light of the moon. Lear's Book of Nonsense made the limerick famous. For the one you sailed off with.
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Inside, it says
THE OWL AND THE PUSSY-CAT The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat: ...And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon.
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.
