There was a young lady of Riga
There was a young lady of Riga
Who smiled as she rode on a tiger;
They returned from the ride
With the lady inside,
And the smile on the face of the tiger.


Notes
1] Sometimes attributed to Cosmo Monkhouse, on slim grounds. Riga is a port-city in Latvia.

(Online text copyright © 2003, Ian Lancashire for the Department of English, University of Toronto.
Published by the Web Development Group, Information Technology Services, University of Toronto Libraries.

Original text: William S. Baring-Gould, The Lure of the Limerick (New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1967): 106.
First publication date: 1874
RPO poem editor: Ian Lancashire
RP edition: RPO 1999.
Recent editing: 2:2002/6/7

Form: limerick
Rhyme: aabba)