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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF PERU
Last Line: THAT UNFORTUNATE MAN OF PERU.
There was an Old Man of Peru,
Who watched his wife making a stew;
But once by mistake, in a stove she did bake,
That unfortunate Man of Peru.



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