Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LIMERICK, by ROBERT JONES BURDETTE


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LIMERICK, by                 Poet's Biography
First Line: There was a young lady of truro
Last Line: "couldn't buy a mahogany bureau!"


There was a young lady of Truro,
Who wished a mahogany bureau;
But her father said, "Dod!
All the men on Cape Cod
Couldn't buy a mahogany bureau!"





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