
Lyrics
(Folk tune, Traditional lyrics)
There was a young lady from Niger
Who rode with a smile on a tiger.
They returned from the ride
With the lady inside,
And the smile on the face of the tiger.
There once was a farmer from Leeds,
Who swallowed a packet of seeds.
It soon came to pass,
He was covered with grass
But has all the tomatoes he needs.
There once was a girl who said, “How
Shall I manage to carry my cow?
Every time that I ask it
To get in my basket,
It makes such a terrible row!”
There once was a farmer from Leeds
Who swallowed a packet of seeds.
It soon came to pass,
He was covered with grass,
But has all the tomatoes he needs.
A painter who lived in Great Britain
Interrupted two girls with their knitting.
He said, with a sigh,
“That park bench—well I
Just painted it, right where you’re sitting.”
See also
- Subject: silly
- Harmony: chords I, IV, V
- Meter: 3/8
- Rhythm: ties
- Scale: major
- Source: Twice 55 games with music: The red book, Peter William Dykema, 1924
- similar song: Limerick Song
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody

