There was an Old Man with a beard (то был /жил-был/ Старый Человек с
бородой),
Who said (который сказал), 'It is just as I feared (это имено /так/, как я
боялся)!
Two Owls and a Hen (две совы и курица),
Four Larks and a Wren (четыре жаворонка и королёк),
Have all built their nests in my beard (все построили свои гнезда в моей
бороде)!' There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, 'It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!'
There was a Young Lady of Ryde (Молодая Леди из Райда),
Whose shoe-strings were seldom untied (чьи ботиночные шнурки были редко
развязаны).
She purchased some clogs (купила несколько сабо /обувь на высокой
деревянной подошве без задника/),