Can We Do a Limerick Together???
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
A good choice of word to rhyme with Tony, Rob.
Here's another starter:
A bright young schoolboy called Ben,
Here's another starter:
A bright young schoolboy called Ben,
'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???
"Tony Baloney" — wasn't that a song by Roy Orbison?? (Yes, I do know what it is really, but apparently that is a common mishearing of it...)Eddie Muir wrote:A good choice of word to rhyme with Tony, Rob.
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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???
Tony Baloney: the misheard lyrics from Only the Lonely.
'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???
Back to the limerick:
A bright young schoolboy called Ben,
A bright young schoolboy called Ben,
'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???
A bright young schoolboy called Ben,
For adventuring had quite a yen,
For adventuring had quite a yen,
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
A bright young schoolboy called Ben,
For adventuring had quite a yen,
As a smuggler he dressed,
For adventuring had quite a yen,
As a smuggler he dressed,
'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???
A bright young schoolboy called Ben,
For adventuring had quite a yen,
As a smuggler he dressed,
And his friends he impressed,
For adventuring had quite a yen,
As a smuggler he dressed,
And his friends he impressed,
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
A bright young schoolboy called Ben,
For adventuring had quite a yen,
As a smuggler he dressed,
And his friends he impressed,
Until he fell right into a fen.
For adventuring had quite a yen,
As a smuggler he dressed,
And his friends he impressed,
Until he fell right into a fen.
"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???
Here's a new one:
A precocious young girl called Pearl,
A precocious young girl called Pearl,
'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???
A precocious young girl called Pearl,
Thought she'd set each man's heart in a whirl,
Thought she'd set each man's heart in a whirl,
'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???
A precocious young girl called Pearl,
Thought she'd set each man's heart in a whirl,
So she set out one night
Thought she'd set each man's heart in a whirl,
So she set out one night
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
A precocious young girl called Pearl,
Thought she'd set each man's heart in a whirl,
So she set out one night
Wearing naught, what a sight,
Thought she'd set each man's heart in a whirl,
So she set out one night
Wearing naught, what a sight,
"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???
A precocious young girl called Pearl,
Thought she'd set each man's heart in a whirl,
So she set out one night
Wearing naught, what a sight,
And danced all around with a twirl!
Thought she'd set each man's heart in a whirl,
So she set out one night
Wearing naught, what a sight,
And danced all around with a twirl!
'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 a new one:
Poor Noddy fell asleep at the wheel,
Poor Noddy fell asleep at the wheel,
'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???
Poor Noddy fell asleep at the wheel,
Till he suddenly woke with a squeal...
Till he suddenly woke with a squeal...
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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)