Living
There was an Old Derry down Derry
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Derry down Derry, who loved to see little folks merry;
So he made them a Book, and with laughter they shook
At the fun of that Derry down Derry.
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MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Derry down Derry.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/0/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Derry down Derry.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/0/.
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