Limerick There was an Old Person of Wick
There was an Old Person of Wick,
Who said, 'Tick-a-Tick,
Tick-a-Tick;
Chickabee,
There was an Old Person of Wick,
Who said, 'Tick-a-Tick,
Tick-a-Tick;
Chickabee,
There was a Young Lady of Turkey,
Who wept when the weather was murky;
When the day turned out fine,
She ceased to repine,
There was an Old Man in a tree,
Who was horribly bored by a bee
When they said "Does it buzz
"He replied "Yes, it does
Was there a time when dancers with their
In children's circuses could stay their troubles
There was a time they could cry over books,
But time has sent its maggot on their track
There is a gentle thought that often springsto life in me, because it speaks of you
Its reasoning about love’s so sweet and true,the heart is conquered, and accepts these things
‘Who is this’ the mind enquires of the heart,‘who comes her...
There was an Old Man who, when little,
Fell casually into a Kettle;
But, growing too stout,
He could never get out,
Somewhere there is a simple life and a world,
Transparent, warm and joyful
There was a Young Lady of Portugal,
Whose ideas were excessively nautical:
She climbed up a tree,
To examine the sea,
There is a solemn wind to-night That sings of solemn rain;
The trees that have been quiet so long Flutter and start again
The slender trees, the heavy trees, The fruit trees laden and proud,
Lift up their branches to the wind That c...
There was a Boy; ye knew him well, ye cliffs And islands of Winander
many a time,
At evening, when the earliest stars
To move along the edges of the hills,
There was an Old Man on a hill,
Who seldom, if ever, stood still;
He ran up and down,
In his Grandmother's gown,
There was an Old Man with a gong,
Who bumped at it all day long;
But they called out, 'O law
You're a horrid old bore