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There Was A Young Lady Of Welling

Edward Lear

There was a Young Lady of Welling,
Whose praise all the world was a-telling;
She played on a harp,
And caught several carp,
That accomplished Young Lady of Welling.
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From A Book of Nonsense | 1846
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