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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF MADRAS
Last Line: THAT IT KILLED THAT OLD MAN OF MADRAS.
There was an Old Man of Madras,
Who rode on a cream-coloured ass;
But the length of its ears, so promoted his fears,
That it killed that Old Man of Madras.



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