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1103

A baker was kneading his dough
While his apprentice was watching him go.
But the heat from the friction
caused a powerful eviction

1104

A baker was kneading his dough
While his apprentice was watching him go.
But the heat from the friction
Caused a powerful eviction
And gave her muffin a wonderful glow

I once bedded a girl from Shanghai

1105

A baker was kneading his dough
While his apprentice was watching him go.
But the heat from the friction
Caused a powerful eviction

1106

I once bedded a girl from Shanghai.
It turned out that “she” was a guy!

1107

I once bedded a girl from Shanghai.
It turned out that “she” was a guy!
Cos’, there in her thong

1108

I once bedded a girl from Shanghai.
It turned out that “she” was a guy!
Cos’, there in her thong
Was, tucked up, a dong,

1109

I once bedded a girl from Shanghai.
It turned out that “she” was a guy!
Cos’, there in her thong
Was, tucked up, a dong,
With a crocodile tear in its eye.

I there was a ball-player named Clancy,

1110

I there was a ball-player named Clancy
Who wore women’s bloomers so fancy

1111

There was a ball-player named Clancy,
Who wore women’s bloomers so fancy.
And the pitchers he’d face

1112

There was a ball-player named Clancy,
Who wore women’s bloomers so fancy.
And the pitchers he’d face
would give him a base

1113

There was a ball-player named Clancy,
Who wore women’s bloomers so fancy.
And the pitchers he’d face
would give him a base
By pitching four balls to a “Nancy.”

While doing my big song and dance.

1114

While doing my big song and dance
I vowed to leave nothing to chance.

1115

By pitching four balls to a "Nancy."

Nice finish, Annie!
While doing my big song and dance,
I vowed to leave nothing to chance.
But then in the chorus

1116

While doing my big song and dance,
I vowed to leave nothing to chance.
But then in the chorus
He suffered a sore ass,

1117

While doing my big song and dance,
I vowed to leave nothing to chance.
But then in the chorus
he suffered a sore ass,
now he no longer can prance.
On midnight of All Hollow’s Eve

1118

While doing my big song and dance,
I vowed to leave nothing to chance.
But then in the chorus
He suffered a sore ass,
Now he no longer can prance.

# Conventional form for a Limerick is capitalise each line. Thanks.
On midnight of All Hollow’s Eve,
And I know it’s somewhat naïve,

1119

#Hey, your thread your rules but I can no conventional capitalization traditions for limericks. In fact, the first known limerick was:

There was a young rustic named Mallory,
who drew but a very small salary.
When he went to the show,
his purse made him go
to a seat in the uppermost gallery.

This from wikipedia
or
if you prefer another source:

There was a young rustic named Mallory, who drew but a very small salary. When he went to a show, his purse made him go to a seat in the uppermost gallery. Tune, wont you come to Limerick.
St John Daily News (New Brunswick), 30 Nov. 1880.

The thought of someone going pedantic over limericks though truly gave me a great smile and I mean that. I love limericks and their very flaunting of the poetry rules. I think the inventor of the form would laugh too.

Here are study.com’s rules for limericks. The last paragraph pretty much is what I think about the strict observance of capitalization rules with limericks.

Limericks only follow conventions when they work but even those that don’t follow them are generally enjoyed and shared. Sadly, in this thread they are not. I won’t make that mistake again.

1120

On midnight of All Hollow’s Eve,
And I know it’s somewhat naïve,
When I encountered a bat,

1121

On midnight of All Hollow’s Eve,
And I know it’s somewhat naïve,
When I encountered a bat,
I screamed, then I shat