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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF APULIA
Last Line: THAT WHIMSICAL MAN OF APULIA.

There was an Old Man of Apulia,
Whose conduct was very peculiar
He fed twenty sons, upon nothing but buns,
That whimsical Man of Apulia.



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