Poem by Edward Lear

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There was an Old Man of Whitehaven,
Who danced a quadrille with a raven;
    But they said, 'It's absurd
    To encourage this bird!'
So they smashed that Old Man of Whitehaven.

1. There was an Old Person of Leeds
2. There was an Old Person of Ischia
3. There was an Old Man with a gong
4. There was an Old Man of the West
5. There was an Old Man of the Isles

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