There was an Old Person of Anerley,
Whose conduct was strange and unmannerly;
He rushed down the Strand with a Pig in each hand,
But returned in the evening to Anerley.
Edward Lear
An Old Person Of Anerley
Filed Under: Limericks by Edward Lear
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