Alice and I were discussing
how to make up a limerick without cussing
what’s a limerick I asked
with confusion unmasked
so she made one up without fussing
There once was a dancer from Paris
whose name, incidentally, was Harris
he isn’t from France
and he can't really dance
but a limerick must rhyme said Alice
A limerick’s a strange little rhyme
and a lot of them ain’t worth a dime
they have to make sense
and not cause offence
or else they’re a waste of good time
The second line must rhyme with the first
and the fifth line too or else it’ll burst
and the fourth with the third
which is rather absurd
but there must be five lines in each verse
