New Limerick Thread II 2016 (following New Limerick Thread)

What are we all doing today?
Watching tennis, they’re playing on clay
I love all the sports

What are we all doing today?
Watching tennis, they're playing on clay

The weather is gentle and sunny
But hayfever makes my nose runny
Tissues a-plenty
Packet of twenty
I'm afraid it's really not funny.

What are we all doing today?

The weather is gentle and sunny
But hayfever makes my nose runny
Tissues a-plenty
Packet of twenty

The weather is gentle and sunny
But hayfever makes my nose runny
Tissues a-plenty

The weather is gentle and sunny
But hayfever makes my nose runny

So easily taken for granted
Although our view may be slanted
Carpe diem they say
Make the most of each day
It's time for the crops to be planted

The weather is gentle and sunny

So easily taken for granted
Although our view may be slanted
Carpe diem they say
Make the most of each day

So easily taken for granted
Although our view may be slanted
Carpe diem they say

So easily taken for granted
Although our view may be slanted

And now we are entering June
The longest day will be quite soon
The years hurry by
And we wonder why
We don't realise they're a boon.

So easily taken for granted

And now we are entering June
The longest day will be quite soon
The years hurry by
And we wonder why

And now we are entering June
The longest day will be quite soon
The years hurry by

And now we are entering June
The longest day will be quite soon

So now he paints only the flowers
And pictures of ancient towers
He misses the girls
Sat clutching their pearls
And folks who sat staring for hours.

And now we are entering June

So now he paints only the flowers
And pictures of ancient towers
He misses the girls
Sat clutching their pearls

So now he paints only the flowers
And pictures of ancient towers
He misses the girls

So now he paints only the flowers
And pictures of ancient towers

I once knew a Russian painter
At portraits there was no one greater
No clothes, just a rose
An erotic pose
But one museum guest was a fainter.

So now he paints only the flowers

I once knew a Russian painter
At portraits there was no one greater
No clothes, just a rose
An erotic pose

I once knew a a Russian painter
At portraits there was no one greater
No clothes, just a rose

I once knew a Russian painter
At portraits there was no -one greater
He once asked me to pose

I once knew a Russian painter
At portraits there was no-one greater

Nureyev was just so sublime
Greatest male dancer of his time
He turn and he’d leap
Then land in a heap
And Fonteyn just bided her time.

I once knew a Russian painter

Nureyev was just sublime
Greatest male dancer of his time
He'd turn and he'd leap
Then land in a heap