Edward Lear - Limerick: There was an Old Man of Melrose

There was an Old Man of Melrose,
Who walked on the tips of his toes;
But they said, 'It ain't pleasant,
To see you at present,
You stupid Old Man of Melrose.

Edward Lear

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