Limericks by anonymous poets

Limericks are funny, amusing and merry rhymes loved both by children and adults. Read about limericks and nonsense literature in the There was once a … limerick.

 

THE LADY IN LOVE

There was a lady loved a swine.
Honey, quoth she,
Pig-hog, wilt you be mine?
Hoogh, quoth he.

I’ll build thee a silver sty,
Honey, quoth she,
And in it thou shalt lie.
Hoogh, quoth he.

Pinned with a silver pin
Honey, quoth she,
Tha thou may go out and in.
Hoogh, quoth he.

Wilt thou have e now,
Honey, quoth she,
Speak or my heart will break.
Hoogh, quoth he.

 

There was a young man from Savannah
Who died in a curious manner:
He whittled a hole
In a telephone pole
And electrified his banana.

 

While Titian was mixing rose madder,
His model reclined on a ladder.
Her position to Titian
Suggested coition,
So he leapt up the ladder and had ‘er.

 

There was a young lady of Lynn,
Who was so uncommonly thin
That when she essayed
To drink lemonade
She slipped through the straw and fell in!