Can We Do a Limerick Together???
- Rob Houghton
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
There was a young fellow named Ern,
Who spent all the cash he could earn,
On books by EB,
Who spent all the cash he could earn,
On books by EB,
'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???
There was a young fellow named Ern
Who spent all the cash he could earn
On books by EB
And posh herbal tea
Who spent all the cash he could earn
On books by EB
And posh herbal tea
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.
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"There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books."
- E. Nesbit, The Wonderful Garden.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
There was a young fellow named Ern
Who spent all the cash he could earn
On books by EB
And posh herbal tea
To save much he never did learn.
Who spent all the cash he could earn
On books by EB
And posh herbal tea
To save much he never did learn.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
One day said Fatty to Pip,
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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- Rob Houghton
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
One day said Fatty to Pip,
"I'm sailing away on a ship,"
"I'm sailing away on a ship,"
'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???
One day said Fatty to Pip,
"I'm sailing away on a ship,"
To Tippylooloo I'll go
"I'm sailing away on a ship,"
To Tippylooloo I'll go
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
One day said Fatty to Pip,
"I'm sailing away on a ship,"
To Tippylooloo I'll go
And I really don't know
"I'm sailing away on a ship,"
To Tippylooloo I'll go
And I really don't know
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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- Rob Houghton
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
One day said Fatty to Pip,
"I'm sailing away on a ship,"
To Tippylooloo I'll go
And I really don't know
When I'll come back from such a long trip!
"I'm sailing away on a ship,"
To Tippylooloo I'll go
And I really don't know
When I'll come back from such a long trip!
'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???
Shall we continue the story?
But Bets said "Oh Fatty, don't go!"
But Bets said "Oh Fatty, don't go!"
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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???
But Bets said "Oh Fatty, don't go!
How we'll all cope alone, I don't know!"
How we'll all cope alone, I don't know!"
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
But Bets said "Oh Fatty, don't go!
How we'll all cope alone, I don't know!"
"Poor Buster will pine"
How we'll all cope alone, I don't know!"
"Poor Buster will pine"
"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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- Rob Houghton
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
But Bets said "Oh Fatty, don't go!
How we'll all cope alone, I don't know!"
"Poor Buster will pine,
And his sorrow is mine,
How we'll all cope alone, I don't know!"
"Poor Buster will pine,
And his sorrow is mine,
'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???
But Bets said "Oh Fatty, don't go!
How we'll all cope alone, I don't know!"
"Poor Buster will pine,
And his sorrow is mine,
Plus, the time without you will pass slow!"
How we'll all cope alone, I don't know!"
"Poor Buster will pine,
And his sorrow is mine,
Plus, the time without you will pass slow!"
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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???
Old Clear Orf he looked in his shed,
"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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