Limericks 12

I’m awake much too early this morning
Me too, not even the sun is dawning!
But I’ll soon rise and shine
Washing out on the line

I’m awake much too early this morning
Me too, not even the sun is dawning!
But I’ll soon rise and shine
Though not before nine

I’m awake much too early this morning
Me too, not even the sun is dawning!
But I’ll soon rise and shine

I’m awake much too early this morning
Me too, not even the sun is dawning!

I went Christmas shopping today,
Not a penny left, spent all my pay
My back is breaking
My feet are aching
But wouldn't have it any other way.

I'm awake much too early this morning

I went Christmas shopping today,
Not a penny left, spent all my pay
My back is breaking
My feet are aching

I went Christmas shopping today,
Not a penny left, spent all my pay
Lots of presents, now to wrap

Bella great explanation ,so much easier for new friends to join in?

I went Christmas shopping today,
Not a penny left, spent all my pay
My back is breaking

I went Christmas shopping today,
Not a penny left, spent all my pay

I thought I saw a man in the moon
He was eating cream cheese using a spoon,
Or was it ice cream
On a moonbeam
Whilst all the time humming a tune.

I went Christmas shopping today,

I thought I saw a man in the moon
He was eating cream cheese with a spoon
Or was it ice cream?
On a moonbeam

I thought I saw a man in the moon
He was eating cream cheese with a spoon
Or was it ice cream?

I thought I saw a man in the moon
He was eating cream cheese using a spoon

There was a young girl from Tralee
Who wrote a long letter to me
She was quite irate
But I'm not her mate
So I disposed of it in the sea.

I thought I saw a man in the moon

There was a young girl from Tralee
Who wrote a long letter to me
She was quite irate
But I'm not her mate

There was a young girl from Tralee
Who wrote a long letter to me
She was quite irate

There was a young girl from Tralee
Who wrote a long letter to me

Thinking about it Gemini, the Humpty rhythm is correct, but just not the rhyming

Actually Gemini that’s not quite right but I agree it’s a good idea to have a template, as it were.

The first two lines rhyme, and have approx 8 syllables each
The next two both rhyme and have approximately 5 syllables each
The last line is the same length as the first two and rhymes with them
I started the next one as Grannylyn had forgotten to!

That was for Grannylyn

There was a young girl from Tralee
Who wrote a long letter to me

Think of the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme for the Limerick rhythm. I made loads of mistakes when I started adding to this thread. I was corrected very nicely by a poster who said I had to do one line and then if I ended the limerick I had to start the next one. So the last line should rhyme with the first 2 .
Hope you don’t mind me telling you.

There was a young girl from Tralee

That I ended up in the bar

I went for a short walk today
Esther came too by the way
Though we didn’t go far
She made such a hooha

I went for a short walk today
Esther came too by the way
Though we didn’t go far