LIMERICKS WITH VERY STRICT RULES - 88558 - (3)

Hydrotherapy is sublime
A wonderful way to spend time
All aches and pains gone
Please can I buy one

Hydrotherapy is sublime
A wonderful way to spend time
All aches and pains gone
Please can I buy one
They’re not cheap, they’re more than a dime

I’ll set one up in the garden

I'll set one up in the garden
It's near the Forest of Arden

I’ll set one up in the garden
It’s near the Forest of Arden
I’ll send out invites

I’ll set one up in the garden
It’s near the Forest of Arden
I’ll send out invites
But warn them “no fights!”

I’ll set one up in the garden
It’s near the Forest of Arden
I’ll send out invites
But warn them “no fights!”
As I’d find that hard to pardon.

There was a wee cooper from Fife

There was a wee cooper from Fife
With a scary, voluminous wife

There was a wee cooper from Fife (I remember singing that??)
With a scary voluminous wife
She wielded a spoon

There was a wee cooper from Fife (I remember singing that??)
With a scary voluminous wife
She wielded a spoon
She called it ‘high noon’

There was a wee cooper from Fife (I remember singing that??)
With a scary voluminous wife
She wielded a spoon
She called it ‘high noon’
But rather a spoon than a knife.

Though he worked with barrels and casks…

Though he worked with barrels and casks…
He was clever at other tasks

Though he worked with barrels and casks…
He was clever at other tasks
Like splicing a rope

Though he worked with barrels and casks
He was clever at other tasks
Like splicing a rope
Or carving up soap

Though he worked with barrels and casks
He was clever at other tasks
Like splicing a rope
Or carving up soap
Or making those New Guinea masks.

The days are, alas, getting shorter

The days are, alas, getting shorter
Faster than I think they oughta

The days are, alas, getting shorter
Faster than I think they oughta
We’ve not had our fill

The days are, alas, getting shorter
Faster than I think they oughta
We’ve not had our fill
Of walks on the hill

The days are,alas,getting shorter
Faster than I think they oughta
We’ve not had our fill
Of walks on the hill
Of sunshine not quite our quota

I’ll start to knit a new jumper

I’ll start to knit a new jumper
‘Twill be bright, with lots of colour

I’ll start to knit a new jumper
‘Twill be bright, with lots of colour
Like Joseph's striped coat

I’ll start to knit a new jumper
‘Twill be bright, with lots of colour
Red, yellow and green

I’ll start to knit a new jumper
‘Twill be bright, with lots of colour
Like Joseph's striped coat
On which I will dote

I’ll start to knit a new jumper
‘Twill be bright, with lots of colour
Like Joseph's striped coat
On which I will dote
Make sure it doesn’t get duller

I’ll take my car on a road trip

I’ll take my car on a road trip
And hope I don’t land in a dip

I’ll take my car on a road trip
And hope I don’t land in a dip
I’ll have it serviced