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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD PERSON OF EMS
Last Line: THAT UNLUCKY OLD PERSON OF EMS.

There was an Old Person of Ems,
Who casually fell in the Thames;
And when he was found they said he was drowned,
That unlucky Old Person of Ems.



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