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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF ACOSTA
Last Line: "YOU INVIDIOUS OLD MAN OF ACOSTA?"
There was an Old Man of Acosta
Who possessed a large Cow, but he lost her;
But they said, "Don't you see she has run up a tree,
You invidious Old Man of Acosta?"


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