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Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots (1832)
Gleanings from the Menagerie and Aviary at Knowsley Hall (1846)
A Book of Nonsense (1846)
Nonsense Songs, Stories and Alphabets (1871)
More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc. (1872)
Laughable Lyrics: A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, etc. (1877)
Queery Leary Nonsense (1911)
A was an ant
B was a book
C was a cat
D was a duck
E was an elephant
F was a fish
G was a goat
H was a hat
I was some ice
J was a jackdaw
K was a kite
L was a light
M was a mill
N was a net
O was an orange
P was a pig
Q was a quail
R was a rabbit
S was the sugar-tongs
T was a tortoise
U was an urn
V was a villa
W was a whale
X was King Xerxes
Y was a yew
Z was some zinc
A was once an apple-pie
B was once a little bear
C was once a little cake
D was once a little doll
E was once a little eel
F was once a little fish
G was once a little goose
H was once a little hen
I was once a bottle of ink
J was once a jar of jam
K was once a little kite
L was once a little lark
M was once a little mouse
N was once a little needle
O was once a little owl
P was once a little pump
Q was once a little quail
R was once a little rose
S was once a little shrimp
T was once a little thrush,
U was once a little urn
V was once a little vine
W was once a whale
X was once a great king Xerxes
Y was once a little yew
Z was once a piece of zinc
A was an Ape
B was a bat
C was a camel
D was a dove
E was an eagle
F was a fan
G was a gooseberry
H was a heron
I was an inkstand
J was a Jug
K was a kingfisher
L was a lily
M was a man
N was a nut
O was an oyster
P was a polly
Q was a quill
R was a rattlesnake
S was a screw
T was a thimble
U was an upper-coat
V was a veil
W was a watch
X was King Xerxes
Y was a yak
Z was a zebra
The Absolutely Abstemious Ass
The Bountiful Beetle
The Comfortable Confidential Cow
The Dolomphious Duck
The Enthusiastic Elephant
The Fizzgiggious Fish
The Good-natured Grey Gull
The Hasty Higgeldipiggledy Hen
The Inventive Indian
The Judicious Jubilant Jay
The Kicking Kangaroo
The Lively Learned Lobster
The Melodious Meritorious Mouse
The Nutritious Newt
The Obsequious Ornamental Ostrich
The Perpendicular Purple Polly
The Queer Querulous Quail
The Rural Runcible Raven
The Scroobious Snake
The Tumultuous Tom-tommy Tortoise
The Umbrageous Umbrella-maker
The Visibly Vicious Vulture
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