There was an Old Man with a beard
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There was an Old Man with a beard by Edward Lear
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Edward LearAbout
Not to be confused with the first limerick in this collection, the two poems share the same first line, but contain different adventures of their bearded men.
There was an Old Man with a beard Annotated
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who sat on a horse when he reared;
But they said, "Never mind!
You will fall off behind,
You propitious Old Man with a beard!"
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There was an Old Man with a beard was written by Edward Lear.