clutching_calliope
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clutching_calliope said:I found one of the earliest limericks, or derivations today:
The lion is wondirliche strong,
& ful of wiles of wo;
& wether he pleye
other take his preye
he can not do bot slo.
And even Robert Herrick had his say:
Jone is a wench that's painted,
Jone is a Girle that's tainted;
Yet Jone she goes
Like one of those
Whom purity had Sainted.
Jane is a Girle that's prittie,
Jane is a wench that's wittie;
Yet, who would think
Her breath do's stinke,
And so it doth? that's pittie.
Anyway, I found this interesting. There is a good paper about the limerick and evolution at http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/limerick/limerick.html