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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF MARSEILLES
Last Line: AND SENT TO THEIR PA AT MARSEILLES.
There was an Old Man of Marseilles,
Whose daughters wore bottle-green veils;
They caught several Fish, which they put in a dish,
And sent to their Pa at Marseilles.



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