There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
There was an old woman
who lived in a shoe.
She had so many children
she didn’t know what to do;
She gave them some broth
without any bread;
Then whipped them all soundly
and put them to bed.
by Author Unknown: as published in Joseph Ritson (1752 - 1803), author and editor: “Gammer Gurton’s Garland, or the Nursery Parnassus” (1784)
There was an old woman
who lived in a shoe.
She had so many children
she didn’t know what to do;
She gave them some broth
without any bread;
Then whipped them all soundly
and put them to bed.
by Author Unknown: as published in Joseph Ritson (1752 - 1803), author and editor: “Gammer Gurton’s Garland, or the Nursery Parnassus” (1784)
