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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD LADY OF PRAGUE
Last Line: THAT ORACULAR LADY OF PRAGUE.
There was an Old Lady of Prague,
Whose language was horribly vague;
When they said, 'Are these caps?' she answered, 'Perhaps!'
That oracular Lady of Prague.



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