David McCord was a notable American author, best known for his contributions to children’s poetry and also serving as the executive director of the Harvard Fund Council for several decades. His limerick are still somewhat mild as seen in Mr. Lear’s contribution.

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“There was an old man” of whatever

You like, thus the limerick never

Accounts for the young:

You will find them unsung

Whether stupid, wise, foolish, or clever.

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There once was a man in the Moon,

But he got there a little too soon.

Some others came later

And fell down a crater –

When was it? Next August? Last June?

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A man who was fond of his skunk

Thought he smelled pure and pungent as punk.

But his friends cried No, no,

No, no, no, no no, no!

He just stinks, or he stank, or he stunk.

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There was an old man who cried Boo!

Not to me or to he but to you.

He also said scat

To a dog not a cat,

And to Timbuc he added too-too.

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JOHN CIARDI IN THREE DAYS