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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF THE ISLES
Last Line: THAT AMIABLE MAN OF THE ISLES.
There was an Old Man of the Isles,
Whose face was pervaded with smiles;
He sung high dum diddle, and played on the fiddle,
That amiable Man of the Isles.




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