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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF QUEBEC
Last Line: THAT ANGRY OLD MAN OF QUEBEC.
There was an Old Man of Quebec,
A beetle ran over his neck;
But he cried, 'With a needle, I'll slay you, O beadle!'
That angry Old Man of Quebec.




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