(Version below has slightly better scansion as I've now found the original, heh.)
There was a young curate of Salisbury, Whose manner was halsbury-scalsbury; He wandered round Hampshire Without any pampshire, Until his bishop compelled him to walsbury.
Salisbury is also known as Sarum so the second line rhyme is harum-scarum. Hampshire is also known as Hants so the fourth line rhyme is pants. In the last line Bishop has sent the curate to a place called Wareham although this is another layer of pun implying also Wareham/wear 'em.
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There was a young curate of Salisbury,
Whose manner was halsbury-scalsbury;
He wandered round Hampshire
Without any pampshire,
Until his bishop compelled him to walsbury.
Salisbury is also known as Sarum so the second line rhyme is harum-scarum. Hampshire is also known as Hants so the fourth line rhyme is pants. In the last line Bishop has sent the curate to a place called Wareham although this is another layer of pun implying also Wareham/wear 'em.