| 13:06 - 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) |