Ribald Versions
The many ribald versions of the limerick are the basis for its lasting popularity. Many variations on the theme are possible because of the ease of rhyming Nantucket with certain vulgar phrases. The following example comes from Immortalia: An Anthology of American Ballads, Sailors' Songs, Cowboy Songs, College Songs, Parodies, Limericks, and other humorous verses and doggerel, published in 1927.
- There once was a man from Nantucket
- Whose dick was so long he could suck it.
- And he said with a grin
- As he wiped off his chin,
- "If my ear were a cunt, I would fuck it."
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