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LIMERICK by ROBERT JONES BURDETTE

First Line: THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY OF TRURO
Last Line: "COULDN'T BUY A MAHOGANY BUREAU!"

There was a young lady of Truro,
Who wished a mahogany bureau;
But her father said, "Dod!
All the men on Cape Cod
Couldn't buy a mahogany bureau!"



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