Can We Do a Limerick Together???

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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???

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As the New Year approaches I sing,
And I wonder what next year will bring.
Will I find a Great Auk?
Or a doll that can talk?
'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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As the New Year approaches I sing,
And I wonder what next year will bring.
Will I find a Great Auk?
Or a doll that can talk?
Or the gold of a long-ago king?
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.

"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???

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Here's a new starter:

When young Bets bought a new hat,
'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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When young Bets bought a new hat,
Her brother said, "Goodness, what's that?"
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.

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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???

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When young Bets bought a new hat,
Her brother said, "Goodness, what's that?"
"You've wasted your money,
'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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When young Bets bought a new hat,
Her brother said, "Goodness, what's that?"
"You've wasted your money,
"That hat looks so funny,"
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When young Bets bought a new hat,
Her brother said, "Goodness, what's that?"
"You've wasted your money,
"That hat looks so funny,
"Like a mangy old flea-bitten cat!"
'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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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???

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Great ending Rob. :lol:
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.

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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???

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Here's another starter:

When Larry jumped off a high wall,
'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???

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When Larry jumped off a high wall,
He didn't realise how far he'd fall.
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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)
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When Larry jumped off a high wall,
He didn't realise how far he'd fall.
He went quite a cropper,
SwatIsaid!

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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???

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When Larry jumped off a high wall,
He didn't realise how far he'd fall.
He went quite a cropper,
Said something improper,
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.

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Re: Can We Do a Limerick Together???

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When Larry jumped off a high wall,
He didn't realise how far he'd fall.
He went quite a cropper,
Said something improper,
Then off home he went at a crawl.
"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???

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Some great lines! :lol: :lol:

Here's another starter:

There was a young fellow named Ern,
'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???

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There was a young fellow named Ern,
Who spent all the cash he could earn,
"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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