Now the Laughing Cavalier
does scoff and sometimes sneer
but often I think
he gives me the wink
as I rub up against the old dear.
I really don't know why
but I thought I'd better try
to write a rhyme
in 2/4 time
before I bake cherry pie.
A sailor who drifted ashore
proclaimed civi' life was a bore
he preferred life at sea
no land lubber he
so he pulled up his anchor thrice more.
Ruth Walters
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-trios-of-limericks-i-don-t-know-why/
