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LIMERICK by CAROLYN WELLS

Poet Analysis

First Line: THERE WAS AN OLD MAN WHO SAID, 'GEE!'
Last Line: "I HAVEN'T THE SLIGHTEST IDEA!"

There was an old man who said, "Gee!
@3I@1 can't multiply seven by three!
Though fourteen seems plenty,
It @3might@1 come to twenty, --
I haven't the slightest idea!"



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