Can We Do a Limerick Together???
- Lucky Star
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
In horror they threw up their hands,
There were no bottles and no cans,
"This is a disgrace",
There were no bottles and no cans,
"This is a disgrace",
"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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- Eddie Muir
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
In horror they threw up their hands,
There were no bottles and no cans,
"This is a disgrace",
"No one should face"
There were no bottles and no cans,
"This is a disgrace",
"No one should face"
'Go down to the side-shows by the river this afternoon. I'll meet you somewhere in disguise. Bet you won't know me!' wrote Fatty.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
In horror they threw up their hands,
There were no bottles and no cans,
"This is a disgrace",
"No one should face"
"A life without pop in these lands".
There were no bottles and no cans,
"This is a disgrace",
"No one should face"
"A life without pop in these lands".
"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???
Well said!
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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???
A new starter:
Young Bets had just found a 'glue',
Young Bets had just found a 'glue',
'Go down to the side-shows by the river this afternoon. I'll meet you somewhere in disguise. Bet you won't know me!' wrote Fatty.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
Young Bets had just found a 'glue',
Footprints from quite a large shoe,
Footprints from quite a large shoe,
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
Young Bets had just found a 'glue',
Footprints from quite a large shoe,
Plus a red plastic nose,
Footprints from quite a large shoe,
Plus a red plastic nose,
'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???
Young Bets had just found a 'glue',
Footprints from quite a large shoe,
Plus a red plastic nose,
And a wilting pink rose
Footprints from quite a large shoe,
Plus a red plastic nose,
And a wilting pink rose
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
Young Bets had just found a 'glue',
Footprints from quite a large shoe,
Plus a red plastic nose,
And a wilting pink rose
In a bag that was red, white and blue!
Footprints from quite a large shoe,
Plus a red plastic nose,
And a wilting pink rose
In a bag that was red, white and blue!
'Go down to the side-shows by the river this afternoon. I'll meet you somewhere in disguise. Bet you won't know me!' wrote Fatty.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
And another:
When our Ern was reading a book,
When our Ern was reading a book,
'Go down to the side-shows by the river this afternoon. I'll meet you somewhere in disguise. Bet you won't know me!' wrote Fatty.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
When our Ern was reading a book,
Undisturbed, in a nice cosy nook,
Undisturbed, in a nice cosy nook,
'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???
When our Ern was reading a book,
Undisturbed, in a nice cosy nook,
Until along came Goon,
Undisturbed, in a nice cosy nook,
Until along came Goon,
'Go down to the side-shows by the river this afternoon. I'll meet you somewhere in disguise. Bet you won't know me!' wrote Fatty.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
When our Ern was reading a book,
Undisturbed, in a nice cosy nook,
Until along came Goon,
Not a moment too soon,
Undisturbed, in a nice cosy nook,
Until along came Goon,
Not a moment too soon,
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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When our Ern was reading a book,
Undisturbed, in a nice cosy nook,
Until along came Goon,
Not a moment too soon,
And poor old Ern just shook!
Undisturbed, in a nice cosy nook,
Until along came Goon,
Not a moment too soon,
And poor old Ern just shook!
'Go down to the side-shows by the river this afternoon. I'll meet you somewhere in disguise. Bet you won't know me!' wrote Fatty.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
And another:
When Fatty had eaten a third éclair,
When Fatty had eaten a third éclair,
'Go down to the side-shows by the river this afternoon. I'll meet you somewhere in disguise. Bet you won't know me!' wrote Fatty.
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