The infamous "Man From Nantucket" poem?

Question

I've heard that it's the most famous, longest limeric of all time, with many people disagreeing on the official original version. I tried looking it up on some websites, but no luck. Sooooo....can anyone recite for me at least the first few verses? I honestly have never heard any of it- only references to it. And I understand that it's kinda naughty, so I promise I won't be offended!

Answer 1

There once was a man from Nantucket
He had a d*ck so long he could suck it.

He said with a grin, as he wiped off his chin,
If my ear was a c*nt, I would F*ck it!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
There once was a sailor named Dave
He kept a dead whore in a cave.

He said I'll admit
It may stink a bit.
But look at the money I save!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Answer 2

One of the earliest known clean versions of the Man from Nantucket motif is this rendition from 1924:

There once was a man from Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
But his daughter, named Nan,
Ran away with a man
And as for the bucket, Nantucket.
This version was so popular that the newspapers Princeton Tiger Magazine and The Chicago Tribune each started a "Limerick Challenge" for readers to submit sequels. The first in the series, as it appeared in the Tribune and Pawtucket Times, was this:

But he followed the pair to Pawtucket,
The man and the girl with the bucket;
And he said to the man,
He was welcome to Nan,
But as for the bucket, Pawtucket.
The New York Exchange followed up with this:

Then the pair followed Pa to Manhasset,
Where he still held the cash as an asset,
But Nan and the man
Stole the money and ran,
And as for the bucket, Manhasset.

The dirty version is also at this site :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_once_was_a_man_from_Nantucket

Answer 3

There is no "original version" to this. It's been improvised and constantly changed for at least a century. The limericks were originally created simply because Nantucket (along with many other New England places) has a funny-sounding name. The "dirty" versions, most of which were created by boys on school playgrounds, revolve around two key words that rhyme with the middle syllable of "Nantucket".

Answer 4

There once was a man from Nantucket,
Who kept all of his cash in a bucket,
But his daughter, named Nan,
Ran away with a man,
And as for the bucket, Nantucket.
—Princeton Tiger

But he followed the pair to Pawtucket,
The man and the girl with the bucket;
And he said to the man,
He was welcome to Nan,
But as for the bucket, Pawtucket.
—Chicago Tribune

Then the pair followed Pa to Manhasset,
Where he still held the cash as an asset,
But Nan and the man
Stole the money and ran,
And as for the bucket, Manhasset
You can imagine more verses - add your own, everyone else has.

Answer 5

If you would like to see information on the limerick you can go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_man_from_Nantucket which has the best explanation I have seen.

Good Luck!!!