A woman who came from Duluth

Tried hard to avoid the uncouth,

For three months she tried

Then suddenly died

From the effort and that is the truth.

A young woman from Prior Lake

Went on a date by mistake

With a guy from Edina

Who fed her a line a

Child would know was a fake.

A young woman from Minneapolis

Wore tiny black gowns that were strapless

And maybe more

When she went to the store

And behind closed doors, well, perhaps less.

I know a man from Mankato

Who loved Mozart, the writings of Plato,

His lovely wife Laurie,

The sight of Old Glory,

And a strip steak, rare, with potato.

An old lady from Albert Lea

Was in Fairmont and needed to pee

But with great discipline

She kept it all in

Til she got home at quarter past three.

An old lady in Brooklyn Park

Liked to run around nude in the dark.

O the pleasure she got

When finally she'd squat

In the neighbor's yard and and make her mark.

A Catholic priest preaching in Eveleth

Said: "Keep a close watch on the devil. Eth-

Ereal delights

Should not reach great heights.

That which the Lord loves he leveleth."

A young woman came from St. Peter

To New York to get into theater.

And she got her start

Playing a part

In a Brooklyn WalMart as a greeter.

A young fellow from Eden Prairie

Took pills tobe rugged and hairy

And then by and by

He asked himself, "Why

Am I lying in this mortuary?"

An old gentleman from Burnsville

Jumped off of cliffs for a thrill.

He lived on flat ground,

No cliffs around.

But he said, "If I find one, I will."

There was a young man of St. Paul

Made the World's Largest Masking Tape Ball.

He has it on view

Saturdays, 9 to 2,

For other times, give him a call.

A gardener lived in Rochester

Who planted seeds in an ancestor

And tomatoes and chard

Grew in the graveyard.

It was better than letting them fester.

A young fellow from Maple Grove

Climbed up the ladder and dove.

They had emptied the pool

And so the poor fool

Is three inches shorter, by Jove.

There was a young lady of Blaine

Who decided one day to abstain:

No beer and no swearing,

No pickled herring,

Just sex, whiskey, gin, and cocaine.

An old fellow up in Two Harbors

No longer bothered with barbers

He let his hair grow

Ten feet or so

And wore it on overhead arbors.

An old Lutheran near Owatonna

Raised ten acres of mzrijuana.

It went up in a blaze

And for seventeen days

He had visions of the Blessed Madonna.

A lady lived in Cloquet

Who loved the Sonata in A.

By Johannes Brahms,

A favorite of Mom's

Who sat and laughed hearing her play.

A farmer named Fred lived near Perham

Who always raised wheat, mainly durum,

But one year old Freddie

Planted spaghetti

And the neighbors had to refer him.

An old fellow lived in St. James

Whose parents were in silver frames

And looked down from the wall

And if he swore at all,

Both their heads burst into flames.

A beautiful girl of Winona

Went out one night all alone, a

Man alongside

Said, "How 'bout a ride?"

She said, "Ha! In a Toyota Corona?"

A fellow from Thief River Falls

Was good at making loon calls

So good in fact

That he could attract

Lutherans too. True or false?

A helpless old man in Elk River

Had a sadistic caregiver

Who treated him awfully

And took him off coffee

And made him eat onions and liver.

There was an old man from Anoka

Who thought he could write a good limerick

He tried and he tried

And some were not bad

And yet something seemed to be missing.

There was a young man of Moorhead

So lazy he just stayed in bed

Except holidays

When he would raise

Up and sit on a sofa instead.

A teacher who lived in Stillwater

Was very strict with his daughter.

Then she went out with Hans in

A town in Wisconsin

Which went against all he had taught her.

A girl from Marine on St. Croix

Said, "Lutherans should go in for joy"

And she whooped and she cheered

And of course it was weird

But people just looked, and oh boy.