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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY OF BUTE
Last Line: THAT AMUSING YOUNG LADY OF BUTE.

The was a Young Lady of Bute,
Who played on a silver-gilt flute;
She played several jigs, to her uncle's white pigs,
That amusing Young Lady of Bute.



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