An Index of First Lines

 

• A tumbled down,
• A was an Area Arch
• A was an ant
• A was an ape,
• A was once an apple-pie,
• The Absolutely Abstemious Ass,
• B said. "My Boy, oh, do not cry;
• B was a Bottle blue,
• B was a bat,
• B was a book
• B was once a little bear,
• The Bountiful Beetle,
• The Broom and the Shovel, the Poker and Tongs,
• C said, "A Cup of Coffee hot
• C was Papa's gray Cat,
• C was a camel:
• C was a cat
• C was once a little cake,
• Calico pie, the little birds fly
• The Comfortable Confidential Cow,
• D said, "A Doctor should be fetched,
• D was Papa's white Duck,
• D was a dove,
• D was a duck
• D was once a little doll,
• The Dolomphious Duck,
• E said, "An Egg beat up with milk
• E was a little Egg,
• E was an eagle,
• E was an elephant,
• E was once a little eel,
• The Enthusiastic Elephant,
• The Excellent Double-extra XX
• F said, "A Fish, if broiled, might cure,
• F was a fan
• F was a fish
• F was a little Fish.
• F was once a little fish,
• The Fizzgiggious Fish,
• G said, "Green Gooseberry fool,
• G was Papa's new Gun;
• G was a goat
• G was a gooseberry,
• G was once a little goose,
• The Good-natured Grey Gull,
• H said, "His Hat should be kept on,
• H was Papa's new Hat;
• H was a hat
• H was a heron,
• H was once a little hen,
• The Hasty Higgeldipiggledy Hen,
• "How pleasant to know Mr. Lear!"
• I said, "Some Ice upon his head
• I was an Inkstand new,
• I was an inkstand,
• I was once a bottle of ink
• I was some ice
• In former days,that is to say, once upon a time,there lived in the Land of Gramble-Blamble seven families.
• The Inventive Indian,
• J said, "Some Jam, if spread on bread,
• J was a jackdaw
• J was a jug,
• J was once a jar of jam,
• J was some Apple Jam,
• The Judicious Jubilant Jay,
• K said, "A Kangaroo is here,—
• K was a great new Kite;
• K was a kingfisher:
• K was a kite
• K was once a little kite,
• The Kicking Kangaroo,
• King and Queen of the Pelicans we;
• L said, "A Lamp pray keep alight,
• L was a fine new Lamp;
• L was a light
• L was a lily,
• L was once a little lark,
• The Lively Learned Lobster,
• M said, "A Mulberry or two
• M was a dish of mince;
• M was a man,
• M was a mill
• M was once a little mouse,
• The Melodious Meritorious Mouse,
• Mr. and Mrs. Discobbolos
• N said, "Some Nuts, if rolled about,
• N was a net
• N was a Nut that grew
• N was a nut
• N was once a little needle,
• The Nutcrackers sate by a plate on the table;
• The Nutritious Newt,
• O said, "An Owl might make him laugh,
• O was an orange
• O was an oyster,
• O was an Owl who flew
• O was once a little owl,
• The Obsequious Ornamental Ostrich,
• On a little piece of wood,
• On the Coast of Coromandel
• On the top of the Crumpetty Tree
• Once Mr. Daddy Long-legs,
• Once upon a time, a long while ago, there were four little people whose names were Violet, Slingsby, Guy, and Lionel;
• The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea
• P said, "Some Poetry might be read aloud,
• P was a little Pig,
• P was a pig,
• P was a polly,
• P was once a little pump,
• The Perpendicular Purple Polly,
• The Pobble who has no toes
• Q said, "A Quince I recommend,—
• Q was a Quince that hung
• Q was a quail
• Q was a quill
• Q was once a little quail,
• The Queer Querulous Quail,
• R said, "Some Rats might make him move,
• R was a Railway Rug
• R was a rabbit,
• R was a rattlesnake,
• R was once a little rose,
• The Rural Runcible Raven,
• S said, "A Song should now be sung,
• S was Papa's new Stick,
• S was once a little shrimp,
• S was a screw
• S was the sugar-tongs,
• Said the Duck to the Kangaroo,
• Said the Table to the Chair,
• The Scroobious Snake,
• She sate upon her Dobie,
• T said, "A Turnip might avail,
• T was a thimble,
• T was a tortoise,
• T was a tumbler full
• T was once a little thrush,
• There is a young lady, whose nose,
• There lived an old man in the Kingdom of Tess,
• There was a Young Girl of Majorca,
• There was a Young Lady of Bute,
• There was a Young Lady of Clare,
• There was a Young Lady of Dorking,
• There was a Young Lady of Hull,
• There was a Young Lady of Lucca,
• There was a Young Lady of Norway,
• There was a Young Lady of Parma,
• There was a Young Lady of Poole,
• There was a Young Lady of Portugal,
• There was a Young Lady of Russia,
• There was a Young Lady of Ryde,
• There was a Young Lady of Sweden,
• There was a Young Lady of Troy,
• There was a Young Lady of Turkey,
• There was a Young Lady of Tyre,
• There was a Young Lady of Wales,
• There was a Young Lady of Welling,
• There was a Young Lady whose bonnet
• There was a Young Lady whose chin
• There was a Young Lady whose eyes
• There was a Young Lady whose nose
• There was a Young Person of Crete,
• There was a Young Person of Smyrna,
• There was a young lady in blue,
• There was a young lady in white,
• There was a young lady of Corsica,
• There was a young lady of Firle,
• There was a young lady of Greenwich,
• There was a young person in green,
• There was a young person in pink,
• There was a young person in red,
• There was a young person of Ayr,
• There was a young person of Bantry,
• There was a young person of Janina,
• There was a young person of Kew,
• There was a young person whose history
• There was an Old Derry down Derry,
• There was an Old Lady of Chertsey,
• There was an Old Lady of Prague,
• There was an Old Lady whose folly
• There was an Old Man at a Junction,
• There was an Old Man in a boat,
• There was an Old Man in a casement,
• There was an Old Man in a pew,
• There was an Old Man in a tree,
• There was an Old Man of Aôsta
• There was an Old Man of Apulia,
• There was an Old Man of Berlin,
• There was an Old Man of Bohemia,
• There was an Old Man of Calcutta,
• There was an Old Man of Cape Horn,
• There was an Old Man of Coblenz,
• There was an Old Man of Columbia,
• There was an Old Man of Corfu,
• There was an Old Man of Dundee,
• There was an Old Man of Jamaica,
• There was an Old Man of Kamschatka,
• There was an Old Man of Kilkenny,
• There was an Old Man of Leghorn,
• There was an Old Man of Madras,
• There was an Old Man of Marseilles,
• There was an Old Man of Melrose,
• There was an Old Man of Moldavia,
• There was an Old Man of Nepaul,
• There was an Old Man of Peru,
• There was an Old Man of Peru.
• There was an Old Man of Quebec,—
• There was an Old Man of Vesuvius,
• There was an Old Man of Vienna,
• There was an Old Man of Whitehaven,
• There was an Old Man of th' Abruzzi,
• There was an Old Man of the Cape,
• There was an Old Man of the Coast,
• There was an Old Man of the Dee,
• There was an Old Man of the East,
• There was an Old Man of the Hague,
• There was an Old Man of the Isles,
• There was an Old Man of the Nile,
• There was an Old Man of the North,
• There was an Old Man of the South,
• There was an Old Man of the West,
• There was an Old Man of the West,
• There was an Old Man of the Wrekin,
• There was an Old Man on a hill,
• There was an Old Man on some rocks,
• There was an Old Man on whose nose
• There was an Old Man who said, "How
• There was an Old Man who said, "Hush!
• There was an Old Man who said, "Well!
• There was an Old Man who supposed
• There was an Old Man with a beard,
• There was an Old Man with a beard,
• There was an Old Man with a flute,—
• There was an Old Man with a gong,
• There was an Old Man with a nose,
• There was an Old Man with a poker,
• There was an Old Man with an Owl,
• There was an Old Person of Anerley,
• There was an Old Person of Bangor,
• There was an Old Person of Basing,
• There was an Old Person of Buda,
• There was an Old Person of Burton,
• There was an Old Person of Cadiz,
• There was an Old Person of Cheadle
• There was an Old Person of Chester,
• There was an Old Person of Chili,
• There was an Old Person of Dover,
• There was an Old Person of Dutton,
• There was an Old Person of Ems
• There was an Old Person of Ewell,
• There was an Old Person of Gretna,
• There was an Old Person of Hurst,
• There was an Old Person of Ischia,
• There was an Old Person of Leeds,
• There was an Old Person of Mold,
• There was an Old Person of Philœ,
• There was an Old Person of Prague,
• There was an Old Person of Rheims,
• There was an Old Person of Rhodes,
• There was an Old Person of Spain,
• There was an Old Person of Sparta,
• There was an Old Person of Tartary,
• There was an Old Person of Tring,
• There was an Old Person of Troy,
• There was an Old Person whose habits
• There was an old Lady of Winchelsea,
• There was an old Man in a Garden,
• There was an old Person of Cromer,
• There was an old lady of France,
• There was an old man at a Station,
• There was an old man in a Marsh,
• There was an old man in a barge,
• There was an old man in a tree,
• There was an old man of Ancona,
• There was an old man of Blackheath,
• There was an old man of Boulak,
• There was an old man of Cashmere,
• There was an old man of Dee-side
• There was an old man of Dumblane,
• There was an old man of Dumbree,
• There was an old man of Dunluce,
• There was an old man of Dunrose;
• There was an old man of El Hums,
• There was an old man of Hong Kong,
• There was an old man of Ibreem,
• There was an old man of Messina,
• There was an old man of Port Grigor,
• There was an old man of Spithead,
• There was an old man of Thames Ditton,
• There was an old man of Thermopylae,
• There was an old man of Three Bridges,
• There was an old man of Toulouse
• There was an old man of West Dumpet,
• There was an old man of the Dargle
• There was an old man on the Border,
• There was an old man on the Humber,
• There was an old man who screamed out
• There was an old man whose despair
• There was an old man whose remorse
• There was an old man, who when little
• There was an old person in black,
• There was an old person in gray,
• There was an old person of Bar,
• There was an old person of Barnes,
• There was an old person of Blythe,
• There was an old person of Bow,
• There was an old person of Bray,
• There was an old person of Bree,
• There was an old person of Brigg,
• There was an old person of Brill,
• There was an old person of Bromley,
• There was an old person of Bude,
• There was an old person of Cannes,
• There was an old person of Cassel,
• There was an old person of China,
• There was an old person of Crowle,
• There was an old person of Deal,
• There was an old person of Dean
• There was an old person of Down,
• There was an old person of Dundalk,
• There was an old person of Ealing,
• There was an old person of Fife,
• There was an old person of Filey,
• There was an old person of Florence,
• There was an old person of Grange,
• There was an old person of Hove,
• There was an old person of Hyde,
• There was an old person of Ickley,
• There was an old person of Jodd,
• There was an old person of Loo,
• There was an old person of Minety,
• There was an old person of Newry,
• There was an old person of Nice,
• There was an old person of Pett,
• There was an old person of Pinner,
• There was an old person of Pisa,
• There was an old person of Putney,
• There was an old person of Rimini,
• There was an old person of Rye,
• There was an old person of Sark,
• There was an old person of Sestri,
• There was an old person of Sheen,
• There was an old person of Shields,
• There was an old person of Shoreham,
• There was an old person of Skye,
• There was an old person of Slough,
• There was an old person of Stroud,
• There was an old person of Ware,
• There was an old person of Wick,
• There was an old person of Wilts,
• There was an old person of Woking,
• They went to sea in a sieve, they did;
• The Tumultuous Tom-tommy Tortoise,
• Two old Bachelors were living in one house;
• U said, "An Urn, with water hot
• U was a silver urn,
• U was an upper-coat,
• U was an urn
• U was once a little urn,
• The Umbrageous Umbrella-maker,
• V said, "I'll stand upon a chair,
• V was a veil
• V was a Villain; once
• V was a villa
• V was once a little vine,
• The Visibly Vicious Vulture,
• W said, "Some Whisky-Whizzgigs fetch,
• W was a Watch of Gold:
• W was a watch,
• W was a whale
• W was once a whale,
• When awful darkness and silence reign
• Who, or why, or which, or what
• The Worrying Whizzing Wasp,
• X said, "Some double XX ale
• X was King Xerxes, whom
• X was King Xerxes,
• X was King Xerxes,
• X was once a great king Xerxes,
• Y said, "Some Yeast mixed up with salt
• Y was a yak,
• Y was a yew,
• Y was a Youth, who kicked
• Y was once a little yew,
• The Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo,
• Z said, "Here is a box of Zinc!
• Z was a Zebra striped
• Z was a zebra,
• Z was once a piece of zinc,
• Z was some zinc,
• The Zigzag Zealous Zebra,

 

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