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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF THE EAST
Last Line: THAT IT KILLED THAT OLD MAN OF THE EAST.
There was an Old Man of the East,
Who gave all his children a feast;
But they all ate so much and their conduct was such
That it killed that Old Man of the East.




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