打油詩，不奇怪，古今中外人人愛；
畫家利爾有高招，詩畫相配妙手裁。
莫笑詩畫多荒誕，幽默誇張放異彩；
輕鬆一讀妙趣生，地道英語學得快。
書中自有歡喜在，開卷有益樂滿懷；
老人一翻心態好，少兒奇思妙想開。
天南地北見識廣，說東道西顯詩才；
一卷在手身心樂，恬然啟航下學海。
There was an Old Man with a nose,
Who said, "If you choose to suppose
That my nose is too long, you are certainly wrong!"
That remarkable Man with a nose.
有個老頭兒鼻子長，
他說：“要是你們都這樣想，
認為我的鼻子長，那可實在太荒唐！”
好個大名鼎鼎的長鼻王。
There was an Old Man on some rocks,
Who shut his Wife up in a box:
When she said, "Let me out," he exclaimed, "Without doubt
You will pass all your life in that box."
礁石上一老頭兒將老婆，
關進了箱子又上了鎖；
她叫：“讓我出去。”他卻說：“別急，
你就在箱中把一生過。”
There was a Young Person of Smyrna,
Whose Grandmother threatened to burn her;
But she seized on the Cat, and said, "Granny, burn that!
You incongruous Old Woman of Smyrna!"
有個姑娘住在士麥那[1]，
奶奶揚言要燒死她；
她抓起一隻貓：“奶奶，你有種燒，
士麥那女人說話得算話！”
There was an Old Person of Rheims,
Who was troubled with horrible dreams;
So to keep him awake they fed him with cake,
Which amused that Old Person of Rheims.
蘭斯[2]有一個老頭，
惡夢纏住他一宿；
為了讓他不睡著，人們喂他吃蛋糕，
可逗樂了蘭斯的老頭。
There was an Old Man on a hill,
Who seldom, if ever, stood still;
He ran up and down in his Grandmother's gown,