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There was a young man from Kilkenny
Who traded a cow for a penny.
That may not seem much
Though it was as such

*Thanks for being so nice everybody! I'm trying not to mess it up and getting better methinks!*

(Your line scans, Daniel, but it doesn't make much sense. It always helps to try to anticipate the next line. )

There was a young man from Kilkenny
Who traded a cow for a penny.
That may not seem much,
But it led to such
A fortune it dumbfounded many.

Soon Fergus (for that was his name)

Soon Fergus (for that was his name)
had built both a fortune and fame

Soon Fergus (for that was his name)
had built both a fortune and fame.
He married a lass

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Soon Fergus (for that was his name)
had built both a fortune and fame.
He married a lass
Who gave him such sass

Soon Fergus (for that was his name)
had built both a fortune and fame.
He married a lass
Who gave him such sass
He cried, "Trading my cow is to blame!"

Life can bring either sunshine or rain

Life can bring either sunshine or rain
happiness, misery, laughter or pain
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Life can bring either sunshine or rain
happiness, misery, laughter or pain
But when life brings you snow

Houston, we have a problem. I started my first line with an anapest ( - - _ ), so the way Bufty scanned it is not right. Maybe we all need to go back to school!

Life can bring either sunshine or rain,
happiness, misery, laughter or pain
But when life brings you snow
There's just one way to go

Life can bring either sunshine or rain,
happiness, misery, laughter or pain
But when life brings you snow
There's just one way to go
And that's straight to a condo in Spain.

I once met a man from Cadiz

I once met a man from Cadiz
Who was really well up in the biz (Sorry for mucking that previous one up, guys )

I once met a man from Cadiz
Who was really well up in the biz.
He drove a red Bentley

I once met a man from Cadiz
Who was really well up in the biz.
He drove a red Bentley,
and ever so gently,

He still kept one eye on the road
As they neared his majestic abode.
But as it drew nearer

He still kept one eye on the road
As they neared his majestic abode.
But as it drew nearer,
his mind became clearer:
his princess was really a toad.

They took a quick dip in the pond

They took a quick dip in the pond
where she posed on a green lily frond

He kissed her and said

They took a quick dip in the pond
where she posed on a green lily frond
He kissed her and said,
"That grass is my bed,"

He waved it and chanted a spell
And a mist wafted in o'er the dell

He waved it and chanted a spell,
and a mist wafted in o'er the dell.
Smelling just like burnt weed,

He waved it and chanted a spell,
and a mist wafted in o'er the dell.
Smelling just like burnt weed,
It heightened their need