Limerick: There Once Was An Old Man Of Lyme Poem by William Cosmo Monkhouse

Limerick: There Once Was An Old Man Of Lyme

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There once was an old man of Lyme
Who married three wives at a time,
When asked, 'Why a third?'
He replied, 'One's absurd!
And bigamy, sir, is a crime.

William Cosmo Monkhouse
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Topic(s) of this poem: old,limerick
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