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There once was a wicked old elf ...

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There once was a wicked old elf ...
by Robert E. Howard

From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, undated; titled with the first line in COLLECTED POETRY

1894239There once was a wicked old elf ...Robert E. Howard


There once was a wicked old elf

Who sat a girl up on a shelf,

In spite of her aunties,

He took down her panties—

But finish this rhyme for yourself.

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The longest-living author of this work died in 1936, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 88 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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