The courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo & the new vestments

By Kevin Maddison, Edward Lear

Subjects: English poetry, Nonsense verses, English, Children: Grades 3-4, Children's fiction, Nonsense verses, English Nonsense verses, Children's poetry, English

Description: The first nonsense poem tells the tale of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo's unsuccessful courtship; the second describes the devouring, by a menagerie of animals, of an old man's unusual costume made of food.