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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF THE WEST
Last Line: WHICH CURED THAT OLD MAN OF THE WEST.
There was an Old Man of the West,
Who never could get any rest;
So they set him to spin on his nose and chin,
Which cured that Old Man of the West.



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