Listen to: Xmas Puppies
BISCUIT & OTIS & JELLY
New Limerick 5/19/2008
Inspired after talking to Helen White after a Wayne Henderson concert in York PA. Helen has a coonhound named Spencer. She got Spencer when a neighbor's female coonhound who was not being properly cared for brought one of her new pups & put him in Helen's shed. Helen called the neighbor but he didn't want to be bothered. So Helen tried to coax the puppy out of hiding & feed him. Each day the mom coonhound would leave & come back with another puppy until there were 5 puppies in all. Helen raised the pups & took care of the momma coonhound. Helen eventually found good homes for 4 of the puppies & kept Spencer & his mom.
There once was a coonhound named SPENCER
Whose mom thought that Helen was the answer
Being one of the five
Who with her help survived
He thought maybe Heaven had sent her
Coonhound Limericks
There once was a coonhound named Biscuit
Who said upon spying the brisket
I know full well that I'm gonna catch hell
if I eat it, but I think I'll risk it!
There once was a coonhound named Jelly
Who thought she'd take work at a deli
A half pound of this will never be missed
and sure would taste great in my belly!
There once was a coonhound named Otis
who never once sat in full lotus
He was at a loss as to which legs to cross
And his guru's too blissed out to notice
There once were 3 coonhounds from York
Who weren't Jewish but seldom ate pork
It was said they remarked, though some would say barked
"Enough with these limericks you dork"