There was an Old Man in a boat, Who said, 'I'm afloat! I'm afloat!' When they said, 'No! you aint!' He was ready to faint, That unhappy Old Man in a boat.

There was an Old Man in a boat,
Who said, 'I'm afloat! I'm afloat!'
When they said, 'No! you aint!'
He was ready to faint,
That unhappy Old Man in a boat.

by Edward Lear from A Book of Nonsense (1846)
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