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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD MAN ON A HILL
Last Line: WHICH ADORNED THAT OLD MAN ON A HILL.

There was an Old Man on a hill,
Who seldom, if ever, stood still;
He ran up and down, in his Grandmother's gown,
Which adorned that Old Man on a hill.




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