Poem by Edward Lear

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There was an old man of Thermopylæ,
Who never did anything properly;
    But they said, "If you choose, 
    To boil eggs in your shoes,
You shall never remain in Thermopylæ."

1. There was an Old Man in a barge
2. There was an Old Man in a boat
3. There was an Old Person of Leeds
4. There was an Old Person of Ischia
5. There was an Old Man with a gong

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