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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHOSE FOLLY
Last Line: SHE QUICKLY BECAME MELANCHOLY.
There was an Old Lady whose folly,
Induced her to sit on a holly;
Whereon by a thorn, her dress being torn,
She quickly became melancholy.



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