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Limerick:There was a Young Girl of Majorca

by Edward Lear

Edward Lear

There was a Young Girl of Majorca,
Whose aunt was a very fast walker;
She walked seventy miles,
And leaped fifteen stiles,
Which astonished that Girl of Majorca.




Last updated January 14, 2019

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