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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD MAN WHO SAID, 'WELL'
Last Line: BUT NOBODY ANSWERS THIS BELL!'

There was an Old Man who said, 'Well!
Will nobody answer this bell?
I have pulled day and night, till my hair has grown white,
But nobody answers this bell!'



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