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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD MAN WITH A BEARD
Last Line: HAVE ALL BUILT THEIR NESTS IN MY BEARD!'
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, 'It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!'




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