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Poems about Limerick

• Limerick: There was a young person whose history

  There was a young person whose history
  Was always considered a mystery.

  by Edward Lear 4 lines
• Limerick:There was a Young Girl of Majorca

  There was a Young Girl of Majorca,
  Whose aunt was a very fast walker;

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

  There was an Old Man of the North,
  Who fell into a basin of broth;

  by Edward Lear 4 lines
• Limerick: The was a Young Lady of Bute

  The was a Young Lady of Bute,
  Who played on a silver-gilt flute;

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

  There was an Old Man of Marseilles,
  Whose daughters wore bottle-green veils;

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

  There was a Young Lady of Norway,
  Who casually sat on a doorway;

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

  There was an Old Person of Buda,
  Whose conduct grew ruder and ruder;

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

  There was a Young Lady of Dorking,
  Who bought a large bonnet for walking;

  by Edward Lear 5 lines
• Limerick:There was a Young Lady of Sweden

  There was a Young Lady of Sweden,
  Who went by the slow rain to Weedon;

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

  There was an Old Man of the Nile,
  Who sharpened his nails with a file,

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

  There was an Old Man of Apulia,
  Whose conduct was very peculiar

  by Edward Lear 4 lines
• Limerick: There was an Old Lady of Chertsey

  There was an Old Lady of Chertsey,
  Who made a remarkable curtsey;

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

  There was an Old Man of Peru,
  Who never knew what he should do;

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

  There was an Old Man of Columbia,
  Who was thirsty, and called out for some beer;

  by Edward Lear 4 lines
• Limerick: There was a Young Lady in White

  There was a Young Lady in White,
  Who looked out at the depths of the Night;

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

  There was an Old Man with a beard,
  Who sat on a horse when he reared;

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

  There was an Old Person of Rhodes,
  Who strongly objected to toads;

  by Edward Lear 4 lines
• Limerick: There was an Old Man of th' Abruzzi

  There was an Old Man of th' Abruzzi,
  So blind that he couldn't his foot see;

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

  There was an Old Person of Basing,
  Whose presence of mind was amazing;

  by Edward Lear 4 lines
• Anecdotes and Adventures of Fifteen Gentlemen

  As a little fat man of Bombay
  Was smoking one very hot day,

  by Anonymous British 87 lines
• Limerick: There was an Old Sailor of Compton

  There was an Old Sailor of Compton,
  Whose vessel a rock it once bump'd on;

  by Edward Lear 4 lines
• Limerick: There was an old person of Paxo

  There was an old person of Paxo
  Which complained when the fleas bit his back so,

  by Edward Lear 5 lines
• 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 a Young Lady of Parma

  There was a Young Lady of Parma,
  Whose conduct grew calmer and calmer;

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

  There was an Old Person of Sparta,
  Who had twenty-one sons and one 'darter';

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

  There was a Young Lady of Troy,
  Whom several large flies did annoy;

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

  There was an Old Man of the coast,
  Who placidly sat on a post;

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

  There was an Old Man of Kamschatka,
  Who possessed a remarkable fat cur;

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

  There was an Old Person of Cromer,
  Who stood on one leg to read Homer;

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

  There was an Old Person of Mold,
  Who shrank from sensations of cold,

  by Edward Lear 4 lines

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