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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF LEGHORN
Last Line: WHO DEVOURED THAT OLD MAN OF LEGHORN.
There was an Old Man of Leghorn,
The smallest that ever was born;
But quickly snapped up he was once by a puppy,
Who devoured that Old Man of Leghorn.



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