The Penguin Book of Limericks (Penguin Poetry)
Contributors: E. O. Parrott (Editor); Robin Jacques (Illustrator)
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Published: January 6, 1987
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780140076691
Subjects: Poetry texts & anthologies; Humor; Poetry; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Form - Limericks & Verse; Humor / General; Limericks
First sentence: The limerick is furtive and mean; You must keep her in close quarantine, Or she sneaks to the slums And promptly becomes Disorderly, drunk and obscene.