There Was An Old Man Of New York by Edward Lear

THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF NEW YORK, WHO MURDERED HIMSELF WITH A FORK;
BUT NOBODY CRIED THOUGH HE VERY SOON DIED, —
FOR THAT SILLY OLD MAN OF NEW YORK.

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