Limerick Style

Lyrics

[Verse 1] There was a pretty young lady, pretty lady named Bright My God she travelled so much faster, so much faster than light And when she set out one day In a relative way Was gone and came back, and came back the previous night [Verse 2] There was a spunky young man, a brave fellow from Lyme My God he married three wives, oh three wives at a time When asked "why a third?" He replied "one's absurd! And bigamy, sir, is a terrible crime!" [Pre-Chorus] Two wives at a time? What a terrible crime! [Chorus] Come with me - We'll follow you! Down to Limerick Town, going round and round Come with me - We'll follow you! Where you'll find a rhyme from another time Come with me - We'll follow you! Do the limerick style from the Emerald Isle Come with me - We'll follow you! Five lines in your hand Send you round the bend [Verse 3] There was a fearless young lady, fearless lady from Riga And she smiled as she rode, as she rode on a tiger They came back from the ride With the lady inside And a fairly broad smile on the face of the tiger [Verse 4] There was a clever young canner, exceedingly canny And one morning he remarked, he remarked to his granny A canner can can Anything that he can But a canner can't can a can. Can he? [Pre-Chorus] Exceedingly canny He remarked to his granny: [Chorus] Come with me - We'll follow you! Down to Limerick City, where the words are gritty Come with me - We'll follow you! Where you'll find a rhyme from another time Come with me - We'll follow you! Do the limerick style from the Emerald Isle Come with me - We'll follow you! Five lines in your hand Send you round the bend [Verse 5] "What's a limerick, mother?" "It's a form of verse", said brother "In which lines one and two Rhyme with five when it's through And three and four rhyme with each other" [Chorus] Come with me - We'll follow you! Down to Limerick Town, going round and round Come with me - We'll follow you! Down to Limerick City, where the words are gritty Come with me - We'll follow you! Do the limerick style from the Emerald Isle Come with me - We'll follow you! Send you round the bend