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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY OF WALES
Last Line: THAT ECSTATIC YOUNG LADY OF WALES.

There was a Young Lady of Wales,
Who caught a large fish without scales;
When she lifted her hook she exclaimed, 'Only look!'
That ecstatic Young Lady of Wales.




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