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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF CAPE HORN
Last Line: THAT DOLOROUS MAN OF CAPE HORN.
There was an Old Man of Cape Horn,
Who wished he had never been born;
So he sat on a chair,
Till he died of despair,
That dolorous Man of Cape Horn.



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