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Limerick: There was an Old Man of Columbia

by Edward Lear

Edward Lear

There was an Old Man of Columbia,
Who was thirsty, and called out for some beer;
But they brought it quite hot,
In a small copper pot,
Which disgusted that man of Columbia.




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