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/limerick-there-once-was-an-old-man-of-lyme/