There was a young lady of Karlsruh
who wore a red and a white shoe.
When asked: "Are you Swiss?"
She said: "No! - But I kiss!"
Which confounded the people in Basle, too.

There was a young lady of Karlsruh
who wore a red and a white shoe.
When asked: "Do you kiss?"
She replied: "No! - I am Swiss!"
Which bewildered the poor people in Berne, too.

There was a young lady of Karlsruh,
who wore a red-white-and-blue shoe.
When asked: "Are you French?"
She replied: "Eff off, Mensch!!!"

Which shocked the poor people in Nantes, too.

Die Mutter aller Limericks geht so:

A smiling young lady of Niger
once went for a ride on a tiger.
They came back from the ride
with the lady inside
and the smile on the face of the tiger.


Hier ein Versuch, das nach Karlsruhe zu übertragen:

A smiling young lady of Karlsruh
once went for a ride on a wild gnu.
They came back from the ride
with the lady inside
and the smile on the face of the wild gnu.

Eine Anmerkung zur Aussprache.

Hier sagen wir nicht "Karls-Rúhe" mit 3 Silben und der Betonung auf rú.
Sondern "Karlsruh" mit nur 2 Silben und der Betonung auf dem Kárl.

Und Basel wird in England gerne "Basle" geschrieben und "Baal" ausgesprochen, wie die französische Form "Bâsle".

Diese 2 Gedichte stelle ich vielleicht bald auch in ein anderes Forum.

Mal wieder ein Limerick:

There was a young lady in Inverness,
who asked: "Do you mind if I now undress?"
When told: "No, we shan't!"
She replied: "But I can't ...."
Which frustrated those people in Inverness.

There was a young lady in Inverness,
who walked to Loch Ness without any dress.
When told: "Dearest Bess,
your hair's in a mess!"
She replied: "I know! But the monster couldn't care less!"

There was a young lady in Inverness,
who thought that her name was d' Urberville, Tess.
But she was not from Wessex
but simply from Essex,
and so her whole sex was in-a-mess.

There was a young lady in Inverness,
who lost her purse out of carelessness
When told: "There it is!"
She replied with a hiss:
"Would you mind minding you own bloody business!"

Und ein wenig Info:

Zitat

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Irland Traditionen: Das Limerick-Gedicht

Gehört hat vermutlich jeder schon eines dieser speziellen Gedichte, zumindest in längst vergangener Schulzeit. Schließlich ist der Limerick das populärste Gedicht in der Weltsprache Englisch. Aber ein echter Irland-Liebhaber fragt sich natürlich: Hat das Limerick-Gedicht auch etwas mit der gleichnamigen irischen Stadt zu tun? Stammt das Limerick-Gedicht tatsächlich aus der Stadt am Shannon und was genau ist so ein Limerick eigentlich? Wir haben die Antwort für Euch.

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Mehr dazu: https://www.gruene-insel.de/blog/2020/das-limerick-gedicht/

There was a young lady in Inverness,
who wanted to know what was meant by "kess".

But no one could help her.
No Lady and no Sir.

And so she had to remain clue-less.

Heut nacht
im Halbschlaf erdacht
und nun zu Bildschirm gebracht:

There was a young lady of Baden-Baden,
whose car was suffering from Motorschaden.
So she thougt: "With some luck
I could ride on a buck!"
Now she's enjoying herself in Berchtesgaden.

And it also works the other way round.

There was a young lady of Berchtesgaden,
whose car was suffering from Motorschaden.
So she thougt: "With some luck
I could ride on a buck!"
Now she's enjoying herself in Baden-Baden.

Which version would you prefer?

Dort gibt es nun auch noch eine Umfrage dazu:

>>>> There was a young lady of Karlsruhe - welche Gedicht-Version würdet ihr wählen? <<<

There was a young lady of Lindisfarne,
who sold precious whisky in Lindy's Barn.
When asked: "Do you drink?"
She replied: "Let my think ....
I drink if invited by Aga Khan!"