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There was a man so very tall, That when you spoke you had to bawl Through both your hands, put like a cup, His head was such a long way up!

But there was something even sadder,-- His wife had to go up a ladder Whenever she desired a kiss-- And he, alas, was proud of this!

Said he, “I am the tallest man That ever grew since time began,” As down on a house-top he sat; Well, he was tall; but what of that?

This monstrous man, as we shall see, Was punished for his vanity: He grew and grew,--the people placed A telescope to see his waist!

He grew and grew--you could not see Without a telescope his knee; He grew till he was over-grown, And seen by over-sight alone!