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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD PERSON OF WARE
Last Line: "IT'S A MOPPSIKON FLOPPSIKON BEAR."
There was an Old Person of Ware
Who rode on the back of a bear;
When they said "Does it trot?"
He said: "Certainly not,
It's a Moppsikon Floppsikon bear."


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