A neat little verse about an old woman whose expensive parrot never stops talking, much to her own annoyance. A gentle joke that plays well aloud.
From Mother Goose / Nursery Rhymes (traditional). See the whole collection.
There was an old woman of Gloucester,
Whose parrot two guineas it cost her,
But its tongue never ceasing,
Was vastly displeasing
To the talkative woman of Gloucester.
Public domain. Text from The Real Mother Goose (Blanche Fisher Wright, 1916), via Project Gutenberg. View the source edition