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Thread #77479 Message #3494291
Posted By: Lighter
24-Mar-13 - 03:06 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: 'Will You Come Down to Limerick?'
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Will You Come Down to Limerick?'

You may not be able to fit a limerick *stanza* to the tune of "Won't You Come up to Limerick?" but the reported *chorus* certainly fits:

Won't you come up, come up,
Won't you come up to Limerick?
Won't you come up, come up.
Won't you come up to Limerick?

It's particularly fitting because you can keep on chanting till someone comes up with another stanza.

How the stanza was sung in 1880 is not known, but I believe the current tune is the only one associated with the song, all the way back to the early 1900s. So they may have been using it in 1880 as well.