There was an Old Man of the Dee, <br />Who was sadly annoyed by a flea; <br />When he said, 'I will scratch it,' <br />They gave him a hatchet, <br />Which grieved that Old Man of the Dee.<br /><br />Edward Lear<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/limerick-there-was-an-old-man-of-the-dee/