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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF THE NORTH
Last Line: WHICH SAVED THAT OLD MAN OF THE NORTH.

There was an Old Man of the North,
Who fell into a basin of broth;
But a laudable cook, fished him out with a hook,
Which saved that Old Man of the North.



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