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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY OF POOLE
Last Line: THAT INGENIOUS YOUNG LADY OF POOLE.

There was a Young Lady of Poole,
Whose soup was excessively cool;
So she put it to boil by the aid of some oil,
That ingenious Young Lady of Poole.



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