Can We Do a Limerick Together???
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
George saw a ghost on the island,
Of a pirate called "One-Leg Ryland"
Of a pirate called "One-Leg Ryland"
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
George saw a ghost on the island,
Of a pirate called "One-Leg Ryland"
"Clear off" she did shout,
Of a pirate called "One-Leg Ryland"
"Clear off" she did shout,
"What a lot of trouble one avoids if one refuses to have anything to do with the common herd. To have no job, to devote ones life to literature, is the most wonderful thing in the world. - Cicero
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
George saw a ghost on the island,
Of a pirate called "One-Leg Ryland"
"Clear off" she did shout,
"Stop hanging about,
Of a pirate called "One-Leg Ryland"
"Clear off" she did shout,
"Stop hanging about,
He called the greatest archers to a tavern on the green.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
George saw a ghost on the island,
Of a pirate called "One-Leg Ryland"
"Clear off" she did shout,
"Stop hanging about,
I don't allow spectres on MY land!"
Of a pirate called "One-Leg Ryland"
"Clear off" she did shout,
"Stop hanging about,
I don't allow spectres on MY land!"
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
One never tires of George's assertion:
Noddy and Big-Ears took a trip,
NEW ONE!"It's my land, my boat, and I'm the best rower!"
Noddy and Big-Ears took a trip,
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
Noddy and Big-Ears took a trip,
To Bourne End, with Binkle and Flip,
To Bourne End, with Binkle and Flip,
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
Noddy and Big-Ears took a trip,
To Bourne End, with Binkle and Flip.
They met Moonface there
To Bourne End, with Binkle and Flip.
They met Moonface there
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
Noddy and Big-Ears took a trip,
To Bourne End, with Binkle and Flip.
They met Moonface there
Went on to the fair,
To Bourne End, with Binkle and Flip.
They met Moonface there
Went on to the fair,
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
Noddy and Big-Ears took a trip,
To Bourne End, with Binkle and Flip.
They met Moonface there
Went on to the fair,
and saw Barney, and Kiki and Pip!
To Bourne End, with Binkle and Flip.
They met Moonface there
Went on to the fair,
and saw Barney, and Kiki and Pip!
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
Talk about a Blyton mash-up!
How about another starter...
At the top of the Faraway Tree
How about another starter...
At the top of the Faraway Tree
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
At the top of the Faraway Tree
Is a land most delightful to see.
Is a land most delightful to see.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
At the top of the Faraway Tree
Is a land most delightful to see.
But make sure you're gone
Is a land most delightful to see.
But make sure you're gone
"Stuck in a state of permanent pre-pubescence like poor Julian in the Famous Five!"
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
At the top of the Faraway Tree
Is a land most delightful to see.
But make sure you're gone
Before it moves on,
Is a land most delightful to see.
But make sure you're gone
Before it moves on,
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
At the top of the Faraway Tree
Is a land most delightful to see.
But make sure you're gone
Before it moves on
Otherwise in Dame Slap's School you'll be.
Is a land most delightful to see.
But make sure you're gone
Before it moves on
Otherwise in Dame Slap's School you'll be.
"What a lot of trouble one avoids if one refuses to have anything to do with the common herd. To have no job, to devote ones life to literature, is the most wonderful thing in the world. - Cicero
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