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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF COBLENZ
Last Line: THAT SURPRISING OLD MAN OF COBLENZ.

There was an Old Man of Coblenz,
The length of whose legs was immense;
He went with one prance from Turkey to France,
That surprising Old Man of Coblenz.



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