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LIMERICK by EDWARD LEAR

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First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD MAN ON SOME ROCKS
Last Line: YOU WILL PASS ALL YOUR LIFE IN THAT BOX.'

There was an Old Man on some rocks,
Who shut his wife up in a box;
When she said, 'Let me out!'
He exclaimed, 'Without doubt,
You will pass all your life in that box.'



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