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  • A snowman alone, looking sad
  • A snowman alone, looking sad,
    and lost and forlorn, for he had
  • jrwjrw Shipmate
    A snowman alone, looking sad,
    and lost and forlorn, for he had
    Just lost his friend Ray
    Who had melted away
    Still, Ray knows how it feels now, the cad!

  • EnochEnoch Shipmate
    Although the child did not know it,
    Our young Algernon was born a poet.
    From three, all the time,
    He spoke in scansion and rhyme
    But talent, alas, did not show it.

    A lady from Limerick town

  • EnochEnoch Shipmate
    This isn't the one I've put the first line for, but here's a complete one that in the last hour or so has sprung unbidden.

    The wicked Lady Mondegreen
    Killed three husbands to win her demesne,
    But when people misheard
    Her carefully framed word
    She burst, splattering them all with her spleen.


    Now back to

    A lady from Limerick town

  • A lady from Limerick town
    was heard to declare, with a frown,
  • A lady from Limerick town
    was heard to declare, with a frown,
    That she disliked fish
    Or any Irish dish

  • A lady from Limerick town
    was heard to declare, with a frown,
    That she disliked fish
    Or any Irish dish
    But in whiskey her sorrows would drown
  • AgsAgs Shipmate
    By the light of the silvery moon
  • By the light of the silvery moon
    The dish ran away with the spoon
  • EnochEnoch Shipmate
    By the light of the silvery moon
    The dish ran away with the spoon
    pursued by a mop
    unable to stop
    And they all carried on until noon.

    An owl who'd paired off with a cat


  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    An owl who'd paired off with a cat
    Donned some boots and a colourful hat



  • An owl who'd paired off with a cat
    Donned some boots and a colourful hat
    But it felt like a twit
    To woo a cool kit
  • jrwjrw Shipmate
    An owl who'd paired off with a cat
    Donned some boots and a colourful hat
    But it felt like a twit
    To woo a cool kit
    Though it really impressed a young gnat

  • While sailing in their pea-green boat
  • While sailing in their pea-green boat
    With a couple of florins and a silver groat
  • (tangent: genius Raptor Eye: owl (male tawny owl) goes 'too-woo'!)
  • 🙂 @Merry Vole 🦉

    While sailing in their pea-green boat
    With a couple of florins and a silver groat
    The waves started to rise
    To their great surprise
  • While sailing in their pea-green boat
    With a couple of florins and a silver groat
    The waves started to rise
    To their great surprise
    Since they were only afloat on a moat

    ---
  • There once was a star-struck young thing
  • There once was a star-struck young thing
    Who would always sing My Ding-A-Ling
  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    There once was a star-struck young thing
    Who would always sing My Ding-A-Ling
    In time innuendo
    Reached a crescendo

  • There once was a star-struck young thing
    Who would always sing My Ding-A-Ling
    In time innuendo
    Reached such a crescendo
    That they begged her to never more sing
  • A very large whale in the sea
  • AgsAgs Shipmate
    Fell in love with a bumble bee
  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    A very large whale in the sea
    Fell in love with a bumble bee
    This unlikely match

  • A very large whale in the sea
    Fell in love with a bumble bee
    This unlikely match
    With a buzzy little catch
  • jrwjrw Shipmate
    A very large whale in the sea
    Fell in love with a bumble bee
    This unlikely match
    With a buzzy little catch
    Meant honey for the bee's in-laws tea

  • A badger lived under the ground
  • A badger lived under the ground
    And to his amazement he found
    A large treasure chest
    And an old string vest
    A piece of old pot and a pound.
  • Mrs Badger had three badger cubs
  • Gee DGee D Shipmate
    edited August 2022
    Mrs Badger had three badger cubs
    Who frequented three different pubs.
  • Merry VoleMerry Vole Shipmate
    edited August 2022
    Mrs Badger had three badger cubs
    Who frequented three different pubs.
    They liked real ale
    Eschewed Watney's Pale
    Sayin' we ain't gonna be fobbed by no subs

  • SpikeSpike Ecclesiantics & MW Host, Admin Emeritus
    A gentleman from Hampton Wick
  • AgsAgs Shipmate
    Was unsure which real ale he should pick
  • A gentleman from Hampton Wick
    Was unsure which real ale he should pick
    He tried them all
    And felt such a fool
    When he could no longer speak, only hic!
  • My cat is a greedy old puss
    And also a bit of a wuss
  • la vie en rougela vie en rouge Purgatory Host, Circus Host
    My cat is a greedy old puss
    And also a bit of a wuss
    He won't hunt for mice
  • Merry VoleMerry Vole Shipmate
    edited August 2022
    My cat is a greedy old puss
    And also a bit of a wuss
    He won't hunt for mice
    Made of sugar and spice
    And he always makes rather a fuss

  • There was an old tortoise from Surrey
  • la vie en rougela vie en rouge Purgatory Host, Circus Host
    There was an old tortoise from Surrey
    Surprisingly given to hurry
  • There was an old tortoise from Surrey
    Surprisingly given to hurry
    She crossed the road
    Ahead of a toad
  • AgsAgs Shipmate
    There was an old tortoise from Surrey
    Surprisingly given to hurry
    She crossed the road
    Ahead of a toad
    Then fell in a bucket of slurry
  • The tortoise had wanted a curry
    A really hot Ruby Murray
  • The tortoise had wanted a curry
    A really hot Ruby Murray
    But the toad went ahead
    Enjoyed with naan bread
    While tortoise was stuck in the slurry.
  • A slippery character called Ken
  • Gee DGee D Shipmate
    A slippery character called Ken
    Wondered what had happened when
    The moon was so bright
    Last Saturday night.
    He wondered, then took up his pen,
  • A limerick penned by said Ken
    Was read by a critic called Ben
  • Gee DGee D Shipmate
    A limerick penned by said Ken
    Was read by a critic called Ben
    Who said it was worse
    Than most other verse
  • SpikeSpike Ecclesiantics & MW Host, Admin Emeritus
    A limerick penned by said Ken
    Was read by a critic called Ben
    Who said it was worse
    Than most other verse
    Because the last line didn’t rhyme
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