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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD MAN IN A BOAT
Last Line: THAT UNHAPPY OLD MAN IN A BOAT.
There was an Old Man in a boat,
Who said, 'I'm afloat, I'm afloat!'
When they said, 'No! you ain't!' he was ready to faint,
That unhappy Old Man in a boat.



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