Fliss, your latest offering reminds me a bit of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjA6bA1qtfQ

Cheers,
John

Well, that's ideal, John; thank you <(:-)

Couple more:

There was an Old Man in a tree,
Who was horribly bored by a bee;
So they gave it some bells,
To play sweet bagatelles,
And the Man became buzzy with glee.

- - -

There was a young Lady of Dorking,
Who bought a large bonnet for walking;
But a gust of air blew
And with shrieks up she flew
As some well-to-do waxwings came florking.

- - -
I'm getting worse, aren't I? <(:-)

[double post]

It's fun, isn't it? Lear gives us a head start with two lines, and we just have to do three.

I also did the man who was bored by the bee:

There was an Old Man in a tree
Who was horribly bored by a Bee;
You could hear the man moan,
“Oh that Bee’s such a drone!
And he bumbles his dull repartee!”

There was a Young Lady of Clare
Who was sadly pursued by a bear;
As she ran, she said, "Blame me
For copying Amy
Winehouse's beehive-shaped hair!"

**

There was an Old Man of the Wrekin
Whose shoes made a horrible creaking.
They were decent for walking
But hampered his stalking
And thoroughly bollixed his sneaking.

Yes, Roger; nice to have a head start with a poem :-)

Two before bed:


There was an Old Man of the West,
Who wore a pale plum-coloured vest;
When they said, 'You look odd!'
He just smiled with a nod
And proceeded to eat it with zest.

- - -

There was a Young Lady whose eyes,
Were unique as to colour and size,
Being the shade of fine rain
And as big as her brain
So she worked for the government spies.

There was a Young Lady whose bonnet,
Came untied when the birds sate upon it.
An enthused rooster, which cock
Had watched Alfred Hitchock,
Cried, “Hey, don’t just sit there, doggone it!”

Trying one with the newly discovered limerick…

There was an old man on a bicycle
Whose nose was adorned with an icicle.
Seems he’d misheard a tot
Who’d declared, “Frozen’s not
The best thing in the world since the tricycle.”

There was an Old Person of China,
Whose daughters were Jiska and Dinah...
Damn it, falsehoods like these
Disrespect the Chinese!
Doubly so, if they have a vagina!

Brilliant, Julie :-)

Two more:

There was an Old Man of Moldavia,
Who had the most curious behaviour;
He got up on his roof
And he shouted, 'Woof, woof!
'I am Lord Dog, your furious Saviour!'

- - -

There was an Old Man of Madras,
Who rode on a cream-coloured ass;
But it gave such a cough
That the Old Man fell off
And was trampled right there in the grass.