Looney Limericks

By Dover Publications

Delightful collection of 60 limericks includes famous rhymes by such masters of the form as Gelett Burgess, Oliver Herford, and Edward Lear, as well as lesser-known works by these and other humorists, including the editor himself. Fun to read, easy to memorize and great to share with family and friends, each entertaining snippet of verse is accompanied by an equally humorous illustration.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Release date: Nov 17, 2011
• ISBN: 9780486263717

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Looney Limericks

Selected and Edited by

FRANK JACOBS

Illustrated by

LARRY DASTE

DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC.

Mineola, New York

Copyright

Copyright © 1999 by Dover Publications, Inc.

All rights reserved.

Bibliographical Note

Looney Limericks is a new work, first published by Dover Publications, Inc., in 1999.

International Standard Book Number: 0-486-40615-6

Manufactured in the United States by Courier Corporation 40615602

www.doverpublications.com

What’s a Limerick?

What’s a limerick? It’s a five-line poem that tells you a quick story all in rhyme.

If you’ve never seen one, then you’re in for a treat. Limericks are fun to read, easy to memorize, and great to share with your friends.

Here are sixty limericks—some old, some new, but all of them chosen for their looniness. They probably won’t change your life, although—

 There once was a man mean