Limerick: There was an Old Man of Marseilles
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Limerick: There was an Old Man of Marseilles by Edward Lear
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This limerick – a very comedic type of verse – was written by Edward Lear in 1846. It is one of the many limericks beginning with “Old” by Lear.
Limerick: There was an Old Man of Marseilles Annotated
There was an Old Man of Marseilles,
Whose daughters wore bottle-green veils;
They caught several Fish,
Which they put in a dish,
And sent to their Pa' at Marseilles.