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  • The Owl and the Pussy-Cat and Other Nonsense Rhymes

  • By: Edward Lear
  • Narrated by: Alan Bennett
  • Length: 42 mins
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The Owl and the Pussy-Cat and Other Nonsense Rhymes

By: Edward Lear
Narrated by: Alan Bennett
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Alan Bennett reads The Owl and the Pussy-Cat and Other Nonsense Rhymes by Edward Lear.

The poems and limericks are

  • "The Daddy Long-Legs and the Fly"
  • "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat"
  • "The Duck and the Kangaroo"
  • "The Table and the Chair"
  • "The Broom, the Shovel, the Poker and the Tongs"
  • "Mr and Mrs Discobbolos"
  • "The Nutcrackers and the Sugar Tongs"
  • "The Two Old Bachelors"
  • "The Pobble Who Has No Toes"
  • "The Jumblies"
  • "The Dog with a Luminous Nose"
  • "The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò"
  • "The Quangle Wangle's Hat"
  • "Incidents in the Life of My Uncle Arly"
  • "An Epitaph"
  • "There Was a Young Lady in Blue"
  • "There Was an Old Person of Harrow"
  • "There Was an Old Man of Dumbree"
  • "There Was a Young Lady whose Chin"
  • "There Was an Old Man who when Little"
  • "There Was an Old Man on the Border"
  • "There Was an Old Man in a Tree"
  • "There Was an Old Man of Calcutta"
  • "There Was an Old Person of Ware"

©2012 Edward Lear (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

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