[Peter Chipman]

There was a young lady of Clyde--
'Twas of eating green apples she died.
The apples fermented
Inside the lamented
And made cider inside her inside.

And also:

There was a young fellow named Hall
Who fell in a spring in the fall.
'Twould have been a sad thing
Had he died in the spring,
But he didn't--he died in the fall.

[Orwn Acra]

There was an old man with a beard,
A funny old man with a beard
He had a big beard
A great big old beard
That amusing old man with a beard.

(John Clarke)

[Jerome Betts]

Martin (Elster), I'm surprised to find Ogden Nash credited with the flea and a fly in a flue classic. As far as I know all O. N.'s limericks fulfilled the traditional rhyme scheme which this one, though a lot of fun, does not.

I'm also rather baffled by the link, which includes these two by Nash as limericks.

Some primal termite knocked on wood
And tasted it, and found it good!
And that is why your Cousin May
Fell through the parlor floor today.
—Ogden Nash

The ostrich roams the great Sahara.
Its mouth is wide, its neck is narra.
It has such long and lofty legs,
I'm glad it sits to lay its eggs.
—Ogden Nash

Great work by the great man, but not limericks, surely.?

[Martin Elster]

Jerome, I first saw that Nash limerick-like poem (the flea and the fly) several years ago. And, you are right, those other two are definitely not limericks! But brilliant poems, though.