Berühmte englische limericks

Hier sind einige berühmte englische Limericks:

1. There was an Old Man with a beard,

Who said, 'It is just as I feared!

Two Owls and a Hen,

Four Larks and a Wren,

Have all built their nests in my beard!'

2. There was a Young Lady of Welling,

Whose praise all the world was a-telling;

She played on a harp,

And caught several carp,

That accomplished Young Lady of Welling.

3. 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!

It's a regular brute of a bee!'

4. There was an Old Man with a flute,

A 'sarpint' ran into his boot;

But he played day and night,

Till the 'sarpint' took flight,

And avoided that man with a flute.

5. There was an Old Man of Peru,

Who watched his wife making a stew;

But once by mistake,

In a stove she did bake,

That unfortunate Man of Peru.