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There was an Old Man in a tree

by Edward Lear · 1846

There was an Old Man in a tree,
Who was horribly bored by a Bee;
When they said, "Does it buzz?"
He replied, "Yes, it does!
It's a regular brute of a Bee!"

This poem is in the public domain.

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