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LIMERICKS

[1]

There was a calm man in Sabattis
Who shot at a skunk through a lattice.
The skunk became dead.
“I got him,” he said,
“And now let me see where my hat is.”

[2]

There's this about the Hindu
He does the best he kin do,
But when he wants
A pair of pants
He has to make his skin do.

[3]

There was a pale artist named Ransom,
Whose hands were exceedingly handsome.
To be sure they were seen
He painted them green
And held them all day through the transom.