There once was an old man of Lyme <br />Who married three wives at a time, <br />When asked, "Why a third?" <br />He replied, "One's absurd! <br />And bigamy, sir, is a crime.<br /><br />William Cosmo Monkhouse<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/there-once-was-an-old-man-of-lyme/