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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY OF LUCCA
Last Line: WHICH EMBARRASSED THE PEOPLE OF LUCCA.

There was a Young Lady of Lucca,
Whose lovers completely forsook her;
She ran up a tree, and said, 'Fiddle-de-dee!'
Which embarrassed the people of Lucca.



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