Versos English Carolyn Wells There was a bachelor in days of old

English poem

There was a bachelor in days of old

by (1862–1942)

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There was a bachelor in days of old, Who wished to get himself a wife, we ’re told.

And so desirous of a wife was he, He started off to London, one, two, three.

He must have found one to delight his soul, Because soon after they returned my whole.