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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD PERSON OF BURTON
Last Line: THAT DISTRESSING OLD PERSON OF BURTON.
There was an Old Person of Burton,
Whose answers were rather uncertain;
When they said, 'How d'ye do?' he replied, 'Who are you?'
That distressing Old Person of Burton.



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