Престарелый хозяин усадьбы
С юной леди собрался на свадьбу...
Только, в храм - папы вместо -
Укатил - сын с невестой
И оставил папашу внакладе.
Оригинал:
An old gentleman living at Harwich,
At ninety was thinking of marriage,
In came his granson,
Who was just twenty-one,
And went off with the bride in his carriage.
_______ «Anecdotes and Adventures of Fifteen Gentlemen» (1820.)