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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF JAMAICA
Last Line: WHICH DISTRESSED THAT OLD MAN OF JAMAICA.
There was an Old Man of Jamaica,
Who suddenly married a Quaker;
But she cried out, 'Alack! I have married a black!'
Which distressed that Old Man of Jamaica.



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