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There was an Old Man of Calcutta

A poem by Edward Lear

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Edward Lear 1812–1888

The poem

There was an old man of Calcutta, Who perpetually ate bread & butter; Till a great bit of muffin on which he was stuffing, Choked that horrid old man of Calcutta.

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