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An illustration of the fable of Hercules and the Wagoner by Walter Crane in the limerick collection "Baby's Own Aesop" (1887). The standard form of a limerick is a stanza of five lines, with the first, second and fifth rhyming with one another and having three feet of three syllables each; and the shorter third and fourth lines also rhyming with each other, but having only two feet of three ...
Sing us another one, do--oo--[1] A less commonly reported chorus goes: Sweet Violets, sweeter than all the roses, Covered all over from head to toe, Covered all over with [shit] [2] In the children's rendition of this song, the chorus goes: Ay-yi-yi-yi, In China they never grow chili (chilly) So sing one more verse that's worse than the first
Although there are many examples of funny limericks, the exact origins of the form are lost in time, although they may date back to medieval Ireland and possibly got their name from the Irish city ...
Nonsense verse is a form of nonsense literature usually employing strong prosodic elements like rhythm and rhyme. It is often whimsical and humorous in tone and employs some of the techniques of nonsense literature.
Limerick (poetry), a form of verse, often humorous and sometimes rude, in five-line, predominantly anapestic meter, with a strict rhyme scheme of AABBA Limerick (song) , a traditional humorous drinking song with many obscene verses
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"The Station of Knocklong" – song about the rescue of Seán Hogan by his colleagues from the Third Tipperary Brigade with the assistance of the East Limerick Brigade, from a guarded train in May 1919. [41] "The Lonely Woods of Upton" - ballad about the Upton train ambush, a number one in the Irish Singles Chart for Seán Dunphy in 1969. [42]
Edward Lear (12 May 1812 [1] [2] – 29 January 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, who is known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised.