That's not a limerick, he said
when he'd finished the thing he'd just read
it's confusing at times
and only technically rhymes
and gives me a pain in the head.
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The limerick is known to be tricky
I really miss Ellpus, Dear Kicky
The limerick is known to be tricky
I really miss Ellpus, Dear Kicky
The asides to elide
The limerick is known to be tricky
I really miss Ellpus, Dear Kicky
The asides to elide
Got her tangled inside
That's not a limerick, he said
when he'd finished the thing he'd just read
it's confusing at times
and only technically rhymes.
I prefer rhymes of the Grateful Dead.
This doggerel we call a 'limerick'
Is quite an interesting gimmick.
The limerick is known to be tricky
I really miss Ellpus, Dear Kicky
The asides to elide
Got her tangled inside
And quite too choosy and picky.
This doggerel we call a 'limerick'
Is quite an interesting gimmick.
We've had a good crack
And some have come back
This doggerel we call a 'limerick'
Is quite an interesting gimmick.
We've had a good crack
And some have come back
To jape and to ape and to mimic.
Good to see you, Spendi and Kicky
Good to see you, Spendi and Kicky
and this is where things become sticky
while not mentioned by name,
I've heart for the game
and an old leatherbound dictionicky.
Silverfish have left it intact
some foxing is but a sad fact
Silverfish have left it intact
some foxing is but a sad fact.
And all of the pages
In their various stages
Silverfish have left it intact
some foxing is but a sad fact.
And all of the pages
In their various stages
Are eschewed for a rude amphibrach
With three feet one metre is longer
With three feet one metre is longer
With Mr T nobody's stronger.
I mustn't go metric
With three feet one metre is longer
With Mr T nobody's stronger.
I mustn't go metric
To tears obstetric
With three feet one metre is longer
With Mr T nobody's stronger.
I mustn't go metric
To tears obstetric
No, nothing at all could be wronger.
A book about crime on your shelf
A book about crime on your shelf
Tells a great deal about youself.
In matters of taste
A book about crime on your shelf
Tells a great deal about youself
In matters of taste,
And the time that you waste -
And of course the fritt'ring of pelf.
It's ever so close in the lounge
It's ever so close in the lounge
And so dark she slip'd in her tounge
It's ever so close in the lounge
And so dark she slip'd in her tounge (what's a "tounge"?)
Just switch on the lamp, miss
Dispense with the dimness-
Or is it your pref'rence to scrounge?
It's ever so sunny in Spain
It's ever so sunny in Spain
The insects can drive you insane
It's ever so sunny in Spain
The insects can drive you insane
So sleep within netting
Still don't be forgetting
The Spanish Flea's haunting refrain.
I once knew a boxer from Philly
who liked his unmentionables frilly
I once knew a boxer from Philly
who liked his unmentionables frilly.
But panties with lace
Gave him no grace
And just made the bloke look silly.
A transvestite named Victor Secret
A transvestite named Victor Secret
Gave house-room to one orphaned egret
