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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD PERSON OF BUDA
Last Line: BY SMASHING THAT PERSON OF BUDA.

There was an Old Person of Buda,
Whose conduct grew ruder and ruder;
Till at last, with a hammer, they silenced his clamour,
By smashing that Person of Buda.



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