MPR 2002 Limerick Contest Submissions Set 6

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
As portrayed by Humphrey Bogart,
State Fair Minnesota,
Along with Abe Vigoda
As the Jean-Phillipe Rameau part.

Donna Cullen, St. Paul, MN

At the State Fair young Michael Praetorius
Thought the Space Needle view might be glorious
But the view made him cry
For he found from that high
He could not see the trees for the for-i-est.

Carol Singer, Minneapolis, MN

As Strauss waltzed through Fair crowds oh so thick
He moaned and he cried "this makes me sick".
"So let's go home", he whined.
"Because I can't find
Any Weiner Schnitzel on a stick".

Bernice Frisch, St. Louis Park, MN

Bizet did catch the virus
from eating off papyrus.
It made him yearnt
for cheese that's burnt
and then Maalox desirous.

Tim Torkildson, Minneapolis, MN

Philip Glass, on Machinery Hill
Found the combine a glorious thrill.
The beat of the wheat
getting neat made his feet
tap a sweet little cyclical drill.

Lynn Cross, Minneapolis, MN

There was a composer named Bach, son
Who spent all his cash on Fair shlock, son.
His 'CCO bags,
On his dozen-day jag,
he filled with invisible dachsunds.

Chris Boone, St. Paul, MN

While multimovement baroque has panash
And Wolfgang's sonatas make me dance
Vienna can't compete
With Luchenbach's elite
It is in the grandstand one finds the best bash.

Daniel Hennessy, Inver Grove Hts., MN

I had once a friend called Grainger,
Who to the State Fair was no stranger,
He'd come every year,
Eat footlongs and beer,
Of a heart attack he was soon in danger.

Ryan Griese, Bloomington, MN

A gloomy fellow named Mahler
Decided to loosen his collar.
He went to the Fair
And let down his hair
And said "Who knew I could hoot and holler?"

Lori Sunderman, Champlin, MN

Leonard Bernstein grew fond of our way.
After a day at the Fair, he thought "Hey!
For food on a stick
My baton does the trick.
It's like eating Fair food every day!"

Lori Sunderman, Champlin, MN