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"I CAN'T MOVE"

I CAN'T MOVE, CRIED BILLY TO HIS BROTHER,
PERHAPS WE HAD BETTER CALL MOTHER.
SAID WILLY TO BILLY,
YOU'RE REALLY QUITE SILLY,
YOU'VE GOT YOUR SHOELACES TIED TO EACH OTHER.

Submitter comment: HEARD THIS WHEN I WAS YOUNGER AND IT STILL REMAINS
MY FAVORITE LIMERICK.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS

Keyword(s): LIMERICKS

James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse

Date learned: 00-00-1974

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