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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF THE NILE
Last Line: OF SHARPENING ONE'S NAILS WITH A FILE!'

There was an Old Man of the Nile,
Who sharpened his nails with a file,
Till he cut out his thumbs, and said calmly, 'This comes
Of sharpening one's nails with a file!'



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