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Poems about Limerick

• Limerick: There was a Young Lady of Niger

  There was a young lady of Niger
  Who smiled as she rode on a tiger;

  by William Cosmo Monkhouse 4 lines, 5 comments
• Limerick: There Was a Young Lady Named Laura

  There was a young lady named Laura,
      Who went to the wilds of Angora,

  by William Cosmo Monkhouse 4 lines, 2 comments
• Limerick: There Once Was an Old Man of Lyme

  There once was an old man of Lyme
      Who married three wives at a time,

  by William Cosmo Monkhouse 4 lines, 3 comments
• Limerick: There Once Was a Girl of Lahore

  There once was a girl of Lahore,
      The same shape behind as before;

  by William Cosmo Monkhouse 4 lines, 1 comment
• Limerick: There Once Was an Old Monk of Basing

  There once was an old monk of Basing,
      Whose salads were something amazing;

  by William Cosmo Monkhouse 4 lines
• Limerick: There Was a Young Lady of Wilts

  There was a young lady of Wilts,
  Who walked up to Scotland on stilts;

  by William Cosmo Monkhouse 0 lines, 1 comment
• Limerick: There was an old man in a boat

  There was an Old Man in a boat,
  Who said, 'I'm afloat, I'm afloat!'

  by Edward Lear 4 lines
• Limerick: There was an Old Man of Hong Kong

  There was an Old Man of Hong Kong,
  Who never did anything wrong.

  by Edward Lear 4 lines
• Limerick

  There was an old bugger called God,
  who got a young virgin in pod.

  by Dylan Thomas 4 lines
• Limerick: There was an Old Man with a Gong

  There was an Old Man with a gong,
  Who bumped at it all day long;

  by Edward Lear 4 lines
• Limerick: There was a Young Lady whose nose

  There was a Young Lady whose nose,
  Was so long that it reached to her toes;

  by Edward Lear 4 lines
• A crusader's wife slipped from the garrison

  A crusader's wife slipped from the garrison,
  And had an affair with a Saracen;

  by Ogden Nash 5 lines
• Limerick: There was an Old Man of the West

  There was an Old Man of the West,
  Who wore a pale plum-coloured vest;

  by Edward Lear 4 lines
• Limerick: There was a Young Lady of Turkey

  There was a Young Lady of Turkey,
  Who wept when the weather was murky;

  by Edward Lear 4 lines
• Limerick: There was an Old Man of the Isles

  There was an Old Man of the Isles,
  Whose face was pervaded with smiles;

  by Edward Lear 4 lines
• Limerick: There was an Old Man of the South

  There was an Old Man of the South,
  Who had an immederate mouth;

  by Edward Lear 4 lines
• Limerick: There was an Old Person whose habits,

  There was an Old Person whose habits,
  Induced him to feed upon rabbits;

  by Edward Lear 7 lines
• Limerick:There was a Young Lady of Clare

  There was a Young Lady of Clare,
  Who was sadly pursued by a bear;

  by Edward Lear 4 lines
• Limerick: There was a Young Person of Smyrna,

  There was a Young Person of Smyrna,
  Whose Grandmother threatened to burn her;

  by Edward Lear 4 lines
• Limerick: There was an Old Person of Chili

  There was an Old Person of Chili,
  Whose conduct was painful and silly,

  by Edward Lear 4 lines
• Limerick: There was an Old Man of Madras

  There was an Old Man of Madras,
  Who rode on a cream-coloured ass;

  by Edward Lear 4 lines
• Limerick: There was an Old Man of Cape Horn,

  There was an Old Man of Cape Horn,
  Who wished he had never been born;

  by Edward Lear 4 lines
• Limerick: There was an Old Man of Melrose

  There was an Old Man of Melrose,
  Who walked on the tips of his toes;

  by Edward Lear 4 lines
• Limerick: There was an Old Man of Nepaul

  There was an Old Man of Nepaul,
  From his horse had a terrible fall;

  by Edward Lear 4 lines
• Limerick: There was an Old Man with a Nose

  There was an Old Man with a nose,
  Who said, 'If you choose to suppose,

  by Edward Lear 4 lines
• Limerick: There was a Young Lady whose chin

  There was a Young Lady whose chin,
  Resembled the point of a pin;

  by Edward Lear 4 lines
• Limerick:There was a Young Lady of Lucca

  There was a Young Lady of Lucca,
  Whose lovers completely forsook her;

  by Edward Lear 4 lines
• Limerick: There was an old man of Tobago

  There was an old man of Tobago,
  Who lived on rice, gruel and sago

  by Edward Lear 5 lines
• Limerick: There was an Old Man of Vienna

  There was an Old Man of Vienna,
  Who lived upon Tincture of Senna;

  by Edward Lear 4 lines
• Limerick: There was an Old Person of Ischia

  There was an Old Person of Ischia,
  Whose conduct grew friskier and friskier;

  by Edward Lear 4 lines

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