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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS A YOUNG GIRL OF MAJORCA
Last Line: WHICH ASTONISHED THAT GIRL OF MAJORCA.

There was a Young Girl of Majorca,
Whose aunt was a very fast walker;
She walked seventy miles, and leaped fifteen stiles,
Which astonished that Girl of Majorca.



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